Making Strides Toward Xubuntu 9.04
As I’m sure is the case with other Ubuntu-related development groups, the Xubuntu team has been quite active as of late. We spent some time this weekend testing out configurations of system settings now that we have migrated to Xfce 4.6 for the 9.04 release, and have completed the transition to the new artwork for [...]
Xfce 4.6 is released!
Hot off of the presses comes a release announcement marking the final release of Xfce 4.6! from Stephan Arts <stephan@xfce.org> date Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:30 PM subject Xfce 4.6.0 Released!!! After more than two years of development, Xfce 4.6.0 has just been released. Xfce 4.6 features a new configuration backend, a new [...]
Ubuntu Chicago and the Global Bug Jam
Per Daniel Holbach’s recent blog post about the Global Bug Jam, I thought I’d add my two cents (or give you a penny for my thoughts, and donate the additional penny to charity) about what the Ubuntu-Chicago Local Community Team is planning for the Global Bug Jam. There are still quite a few details for [...]
Xfce 4.4.3 in Xubuntu Intrepid
While it’s not exactly new news, nor is it as big of an update as having the final release of Xfce 4.6 available, the Xubuntu team has packaged Xfce 4.4.3 for the Ubuntu repositories, and the packages are available for Xubuntu 8.10 users who have backports enabled in their software source. To enable backports, go [...]
Obamapalooza and Change.gov
Like quite a few others, I was able to attend the “Obamapalooza*,” election night event in Grant Park this past Tuesday. I was lucky enough to get a ticket to the event, and being part of that moment has made me very happy over the past few days. I’m including a few photos and notations [...]
Xubuntu meetings, website, and documentation
Things seem to be moving right along in Xubuntu-land. We’ve scheduled regular meetings for the Xubuntu team for the remainder of the Intrepid release cycle, have posted them to our wiki, and have passed along word to the communications team for inclusion of the meeting dates on the Fridge. Having regularly scheduled meetings helped keep [...]
From the fringes of Xubuntu
Cody Somerville has been writing quite a bit lately about what’s going on with Xubuntu, focusing a lot on the strategy document and some technical goals for the next release, but we also have a couple of other things in the works – some items that are kind of on the fringes of the distro, [...]
8.04 reasons why Ubuntu and Kubuntu users should consider using Xubuntu
With the successful Beta release of Xubuntu 8.04, I got to thinking of some of the qualities that have always drawn me back to using Xubuntu. I know that people have spirited feelings about their desktops of choice in the Linux world, but I thought I’d present a few reasons (8.04 reasons, to be exact) [...]
Xubuntu News
The Xubuntu documentation for 8.04 is done, and the doc-centered folks are now working on updating the wiki. There are still quite a few holes in it for now, but we’re working fairly quickly. I like the new menu bar. It makes it easy to get around. Also, I know it’s not much notice, but [...]
More Xfce-based choices for users
The Fedora folks continue to update their Xfce live-cd spin. Since their initial efforts using Fedora 8, they’ve made some changes in the look of the spin – for example, using the default Fedora wallpaper and the Mist icon set. Application selection (seemingly an on-going issue with Xfce-based distros – trying to balance being lightweight while still [...]
