Xubuntu
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Xubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak
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| Developer | Community |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | June 23, 2006 |
| Latest release | 16.10 / 13 October 2016 |
| Latest preview | 16.10 Daily Builds (released daily) |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Update method | APT (Software Updater, Ubuntu Software Center) |
| Package manager | dpkg |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | Xfce |
| License |
Free software licenses (mainly GPL) |
| Official website | xubuntu |
Xubuntu (/zuːˈbuːntuː/ zoo-BOON-too) is a Canonical Ltd.–recognized, community-maintained derivative of the Ubuntu operating system. The name Xubuntu is a portmanteau of Xfce and Ubuntu, as it uses the Xfce desktop environment, instead of Ubuntu's Unity.
Xubuntu's goals are to:
Xubuntu was originally intended to be released at the same time as Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger, 13 October 2005, 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.
The first official Xubuntu release, led by Jani Monoses, appeared on 1 June 2006, as part of the Ubuntu 6.06 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 2009 the document was awaiting a second reading by the Ubuntu Community Council.
In February 2009 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.
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