Xubuntu Wikipedia. Xubuntu zuu BUUN too1 is a Canonical Ltd. Ubuntuoperating system. The name Xubuntu is a portmanteau of Xfce and Ubuntu, as it uses the Xfcedesktop environment, instead of Ubuntus Unity. Xubuntus goals are to provide an easy to use distribution, based on Ubuntu, using Xfce as the graphical desktop, with a focus on integration, usability and performance, with a particular focus on low memory footprint. The integration in Xubuntu is at a configuration level, a toolkit level, and matching the underlying technology beneath the desktop in Ubuntu. Xubuntu will be built and developed autonomously as part of the wider Ubuntu community, based around the ideals and values of Ubuntu. HistoryeditXubuntu was originally intended to be released at the same time as Ubuntu 5. Breezy Badger, 1. October 2. 00. 5, but the work was not complete by that date. Instead the Xubuntu name was used for the xubuntu desktop metapackage available through the Synaptic Package Manager which installed the Xfce desktop. Screenshots/browser/Firefox-Screenshots1.jpg' alt='Firefox Setup 6.0 Beta2' title='Firefox Setup 6.0 Beta2' />The first official Xubuntu release, led by Jani Monoses, appeared on 1 June 2. Ubuntu 6. 0. 6 Dapper Drake line, which also included Kubuntu and Edubuntu. Cody A. W. Somerville developed a comprehensive strategy for the Xubuntu project named the Xubuntu Strategy Document. In early 2. 00. 9 the document was awaiting a second reading by the Ubuntu Community Council. In February 2. Mark Shuttleworth agreed that an official LXDE version of Ubuntu, Lubuntu, would be developed. The LXDE desktop uses the Openbox window manager and, like Xubuntu, is intended to be a low system requirement, low RAM environment for netbooks, mobile devices and older PCs and will compete with Xubuntu in that niche. In November 2. Cody A. W. Somerville stepped down as the project leader and made a call for nominations to help find a successor. Lionel Le Folgoc was confirmed by the Xubuntu community as the new project leader on 1. Get help with your questions about using Internet Explorer and upgrading to the latest version with our howto articles, and support content. Xubuntu is the newest official Ubuntu derivative distribution, using the Xfce desktop environment and a selection of GTK2 applications. Its lightweight footprint is. Firefox Setup 6.0 Beta2' title='Firefox Setup 6.0 Beta2' />January 2. Xubuntu council. 9 As of late March 2. Xubuntus governance and the role a council might play in it were still ongoing. In March 2. 01. 2 Charlie Kravetz, a former Xubuntu project leader, formally resigned from the project. Despite this, the project members indicated that Xubuntu 1. In the beginning of 2. Xubuntu team began the process to transition the project to become council run rather than having a single project leader. On January 1, 2. Xubuntu sites blog announced the official formation of the Xubuntu Council. The purpose of the council is not just to make decisions about the future of the project, but to make sure the direction of the project adheres to guidelines established in the Strategy Document. PerformanceeditThe Xfce desktop environment is intended to use fewer system resources than the default Ubuntu Unity desktop. As recently as September 2. Xubuntu developers claimed that the minimum RAM Xubuntu could be run on was 1. MB, with 2. 56 MB of RAM strongly recommended at that time. Testing conducted by Martyn Honeyford at IBM in January 2. Xubuntu 6. 1. 0 concluded that it uses approximately 2. MB less application memory, and also eats significantly less into buffers and cache which may imply that there is less file activity than Ubuntu. Later testing showed that Xubuntu was at a disadvantage compared to Debian equipped with the Xfce desktop. Tests were conducted by Distro. Watch on a Dell Dimension 4. Intel 2 GHz processor and 3. MB of memory in April 2. Xubuntu 9. 0. 4 against an Xfce desktop version of Debian 5. These showed that Xubuntu used more than twice the RAM as Debian in simple tasks. Xubuntu also ran out of RAM doing everyday tasks, indicating that 3. MB of RAM was inadequate. The review concluded It was obvious I had already run out of RAM and was starting to use swap space. Considering I wasnt doing very much, this was rather disappointing. Subsequent experimentation by Distrowatch concluded that the performance advantages observed in Debian were due to Xubuntus inclusion of memory hungry software not present in Debians implementation of Xfce. Testing conducted on a later version, Xubuntu 9. September 2. 00. 9 showed similar results. The tests, conducted by Linux Magazine, concluded that Xubuntu 9. RAM usage was actually greater than Ubuntus 9. GNOME. 1. 5Subsequent reviewers emphasized Xubuntus perceived deficiencies in performance to highlight Lubuntu,1. LXDE desktop environment as opposed to Xfce. For instance, Damien Oh of Make Tech Easier noted in May 2. So what about Xubuntu Ubuntu Sadly, that is a thing of the past. The truth is, the supposed lightweight equivalent is not lightweight at all. While Xubuntu is using the lightweight XFCE desktop environment, it had been bugged sic down by several heavyweight applications and also the integration with GNOME desktop also makes it lose its advantage. ReleaseseditXubuntu 6. LTSedit. Xubuntu 6. LTS Dapper Drake, the first official Xubuntu release. The first official stand alone release of Xubuntu was version 6. Long Term Support LTS, which was made available on 1 June 2. It was introduced with the statement Xubuntu is the newest official Ubuntu derivative distribution, using the Xfce desktop environment and a selection of GTK2 applications. Its lightweight footprint is well suited for low end hardware and thin clients. Xubuntu builds on the solid foundation of Ubuntu, with world class hardware support and access to a vast repository of additional software. The version used Linux kernel 2. Xfce 4. 4 beta 1. Applications included the Thunar file manager, GDM desktop manager, Abiword word processor and Gnumeric spread sheet, Evince PDF document viewer, Xarchiver archive manager, Xfburn CD burner, Firefox 1. Thunderbird 1. 5. GDebi package manager. Caitlyn Martin reviewed Xubuntu 6. June 2. 00. 6. She singled out its bare bones approach to the applications included, indicating that she would rather add applications she wanted than clean out ones she didnt want. On her aging laptop Xubuntu 6. Fedora Core 5. She stated that Under Fedora when I opened a couple of rather resource intensive applications, for example Open Office and Seamonkey, the system would begin to drag. While these apps still take a moment to get started on Xubuntu they are crisp and responsive and dont seem to slow anything else down. I never expected this sort of performance and that alone made Xubuntu an instant favorite of mine. She had praise for the Thunar file manager, as light and fast. She concluded Overall I am impressed and Xubuntu, for the moment anyway, is my favorite Linux distribution despite a few rough edges, probably largely due to the use of a beta desktop. Xubuntu 6. 1. 0editXubuntu 6. October 2. 00. 6. This version used Xfce 4. Upstart, the Firefox 2. Gaim 2. 0. 0 beta 3. Abi. Word and Gnumeric. The media player was gxine which replaced Xfmedia. Download All Files Ftp Directory Vb Net Format here. The previous xffm. Thunar. It introduced redesigned artwork for the bootup splash screen, the login window and the desktop theme. The developers claimed that this version of Xubuntu could run on 6. MB of RAM, with 1. MB strongly recommended. Reviewer Caitlyn Martin tested Xubuntu on a four year old Toshiba Satellite 1. S2. 04 laptop, with a 1 GHz Celeron processor and 5. MB of RAM in December 2.