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Reader supplied reviews for Xubuntu
Average rating
7.8 from 61 review(s)
Version: 24.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-08-06
Votes: 6
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Xubuntu is great if you like a simple and minimalist distribution that is not *too* simple and minimalist.
With all the power of Ubuntu and Debian behind, and simple yet nice looking XFCE interface that uses little resources yet gives you everything you need.
There are some issues but these are the kind of issues you would encounter in any Linux distribution.
For example if you use Secure Boot, which you are forced too if dual booting with windows 11, you will be forced to use an older version of the Nvidia drivers because the new ones are not signed to support Secure Boot.
Another issue is that you can no longer choose to encrypt your home folder during install.
Fortunately it's easy to do after with ecryptfs.
When initially introduced Snap packages used to be very slow and where not properly integrating with the desktop.
In the meantime they good much faster, they seamlessly integrate with the system and with a modern-ish system with a SSD drive you will feel no difference in launch time compared to debs.
And they are more secure and makes things easier for packagers which means you get updated versions faster.
With debs packaged by distribution maintainers you sometimes need to wait a few days until a security issue is fixed while with snaps you get them as soon as they are released.
XFCE does not yet support Wayland, but they are working at it which is good because Wayland is not yet fully ready to replace X.
One major reason why I use an official Ubuntu derivative and not an unofficial one such as Linux Mint is security.
Ubuntu and it's derivatives are made by a large team of employed developers for large enterprise customers which means they have a level of responsibility that independent unpaid developers can't offer.
It's also easier and faster to find solutions with any problems that you might encounter and if needed you have the option of paid support which might not be necessary for a home user but if you want to sue it in a company it's usually mandatory.
Also for any Linux software you are guaranteed to find some PPA or other way to get a compatible package and support for it while with other independent distributions you are on your own, hoping that any changes the independent developers have made did not make the software you want to use incompatible.
Since they few issues I had where not because the Xubuntu distribution itself and where inherited and shared with other Linux distributions I gave it a 10 because everything that Xubuntu offers on top of its Ubuntu parent does not have any issues and it is a very underrated distribution that gives you everything you need without wasting your resources.
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Version: 24.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-05-30
Votes: 0
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A couple of days ago, I wrote a review, pointing to my inability to install Xubuntu 24.04.
Yesterday, I decided to give it another go, this time starting it via the 'Grub2' option. To my surprise, the 'Install Xubuntu' option appeared on the desktop, just as it should have. From that moment on, the installation run very smoothly, albeit slightly longer than the previous versions of Xubuntu.
Alter the installation I encountered a slight problem with installing Chrome, as it wouldn't start. However, that was solved with a simple reboot of the system.
So far, what can I say about the 24.04 Xubuntu?
A definite improvement with regard to handling of the Bluetooth connection. With the previous version (and that affected every flavour of Ubuntu), the Bluetooth headphones would simply disconnect with a notification 'No Bluetooth Adapters Available'.
This bug seems to have been solved, which is a big improvement. The connection breaks from time to time, but usually quickly reconnects.
The Thunar file manager still cannot click and drag multiple files, so I replaced it with PCManFM which works perfectly fine.
As for the additional drivers, no extra Wi-Fi driver available any longer. At first, I thought the Xubuntu team decided to ship it by default, but this isn't the case. Even 'dkms' isn't installed by default, so you have to install it separately, just as the 'git' as well.
What I also noticed, TPLink Wi-Fi adapter (which I use) doesn't flash its light any longer when installed, which might be a blessing to those who are annoyed by flashing diodes or a disappointment to those who rely on the indicator.
As I mentioned before, it works when started with Grub2. It doesn't affect me, as Xubuntu is the only system I use on this laptop. However, as far as I'm concerned, Grub2 will not allow the dual boot with Windows or any other system that is not a Linux distribution that supports Grub2.
So, bear that in mind.
Still, I like Xubuntu and XFCE and wouldn't change it for anything else.
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Version: 24.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-05-28
Votes: 3
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Xubuntu 24.04 turned out to be a bit of a disaster when I tried to install it on my HP laptop 15seq 1xxx series. File downloaded from the University of Kent (UK) Mirror.
The file took forever to be put on Ventoy, eventually I had to switch the computer off, because Ventoy got stuck. Anyway, after a restart to my surprise Xubuntu booted, albeit straight to the desktop, not like previous versions when you had an option to try Xubuntu or to install it.
I set up the Wi-Fi connection, and decided to install the system. Io my amazement, there was no Install Xubuntu option on the desktop. I search for it in the menu and found 'Install RELEASE'. I pressed it and was greeted with an installation menu to choose: language, keyboard, etc. After that, I confirmed my choices and the Installer simply disappeared.
So I tried again. The second time, the Installer disappeared just after I picked the keyboard layout.
I thought I'd downloaded a faulty file, (I'm still going to try other mirrors), but from comments here, I understand I'm not alone.
I don't want to down-rate it or anything, it just would be nice if those issues were seen to by the team, please! Otherwise, I find XFCE and Ubuntu to be very useful software.
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Version: 24.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-27
Votes: 2
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Very impressed with Xubuntu Minimal 22.04.
The only Snap application included is snapd itself, so if you want to disable snap, it's very easy. The applications included are indeed minimal, so it's a blank slate for your own choices - including avoiding the Gnome apps with libadwaita that stick out like a sore thumb.
Very stable - no crashes or freezes so far. The laptop I've installed it is 11 years old, with an Intel Ivy Bridge processor, but everything runs smoothly.
By default there's a 24 pixel panel at the top. I added the Xubuntu Extras PPA which has xfce4-docklike-plugin. So I've added another panel at the bottom which functions as a very capable dock. Also added the Papirus icons which go very well with the default Greybird theme.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-05-21
Votes: 0
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I've been a Xubuntu user for at least 10 years (since version 12.04 or 13.04), and so far, my experience has been very stable and great overall. So stable and great, in fact, that I installed it on almost all of my machines. It's a distro I would especially recommend to newbies as it is very easy to configure to look just like Win7 or 10. The only thing that I noticed in going from 14.04 to 16.04 or 18.04 on one of my old laptops is that now it takes almost twice as much to boot...like, what's the deal with that? And yes, the laptop still uses a mechanical drive as boot drive, but it is still disappointing. Sometimes, it just fails to boot properly, which I suspect might have something to do with the fact that the drive is failing. The biggest issue I've encountered so far is that the distro still suffers from screen tearing, and in the past, I used compton to solve the issue, which worked flawlessly, something I no longer do because I expect things to just work out of the box and don't have enough time for tinkering. It's a known problem the devs do not seem to be particularly keen on fixing. A shame, as it's forcing me to look for alternative distros in order for me to just watch a movie or video file.
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Version: 24.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-05-12
Votes: 7
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Xubuntu 24.04 minimal iso.
I tried to install it on my Lenovo ThinkPad and experienced the same problem previous reviewers have already mentioned...it won't install.
So, on a whim, I tried it on my Dell Optiplex desktop. Success! No installation problems what-so-ever. Why it works on one and not the other is a mystery for the devs.
It runs great, as any Xubuntu user would expect. The biggest negative is the some of the Gnome-based apps, like baobab (Disk Usage Analyzer), doesn't match the Adwaita and Greybird dark themes.
One really positive thing about the minimal version is the snap package is THERE, but it is not running. So, for anti-snap people like myself, just go into synaptic and mark it for complete removal. Sweet. The down side of this is you won't have a browser. For me, no problem. I have all the command-line download links for Brave browser. Done.
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Version: 24.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-05-02
Votes: 3
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One big mess. I have not been able to install Xubuntu 24.04 on my hard drive even once. I thought the iso image was faulty, I downloaded it again, checked the md5sum, the iso image was fine, live mode works, yet the installation does not work on my Lenovo (2023) laptop. I had the same problem with Ubuntu 23.10 (Ubuntu 24.04 works perfectly). Xubuntu was one of my favorite systems for its lightness and perfect simplicity, but unfortunately I can't give this latest release a positive review. But I believe that the developers will listen to the voices of users who have problems with this version and fix it. I wish you much success.
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Version: 24.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-04-29
Votes: 5
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We gave the new Xubuntu 24.04 LTS a try today in VM. It turned out to be a rather short but clear exercise.
Install (xubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso) turned out to be troubled, with periods of not responsiveness. After finally completing the install, VM seems to have an issue with X11 (24.04 only, but not ≤ 22.04), assuming that you run 24.04 as a terminal session. After reboot, login preference is not honored. Multiple reboots failed, leaving the system hang. After disabling quiet splash in grub, it turns out that there are a lot of snap processes (snapd, snap-store?) which are competing, and ultimately pausing boot indefinitely (retry times set to long intervals like ~10 mins and "indefinite" (!) so no escape and continue boot).
Since our use case needs responsiveness, customize to honor user needs, and stability, we'll wait this one out on the performing fine 22.04, and rinse and repeat later. Most likely later have a look at these snap processes, whether still an issue and size of overhead for future sourcing decision.
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Version: 24.04
Rating: 2
Date: 2024-04-28
Votes: 5
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As the commentart before me, long time Xubuntu user (Hardy). And yes, I too was drawn to Xubuntu because of it being light, quick, and still customisable. As a long(er) time *nix user, I appreciate the fact that "experiences may vary", especially when the version did not earn its first point release yet.
Nevertheless was curious what Xubuntu 24.04 has to give. Unfortunately, I was rather underwhelmed, although I know this is a LTS release, and "Stability Is Good". And there lies the issue for me: this is not stable. It is rather buggy to be honest...
I started of with the minimal version on bare metal (Please note: not my production box!) and was guided through a stuttering, jerky, and at some points non-responsive install experience (e.g. @ Create Your Account, wait, wait, ah, there are the letters you typed! Clicking to go back to correct in another field... 10 secs... 20secs... aaaand there we can no type... but you will not see what... untill onther 20 secs have passed).
When finally installed, experiences varied significantly, e.g. apt installs where extremely quick and problem free (e.g. mousepad, file-roller and compression packages, neofetch), while GUI actions were laggy and at some points even stopped for seconds completely. Another eye-brow raiser... although during install autologin was ticked, I was greeted upon reboot... by the login prompt. After checking /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and rebooting... I was greeted by the lightdm login prompt.
I ditched the minimal install iso and reinstalled with the (full) desktop iso. This too gave the same experiences.
Again, as I mentioned already, this is not my first experience, nor first install of Linux/ Xubuntu. But I have to agree with the reviewer before me that this is very untypical for Xubuntu. I understand that things need to be ironed out shortly after release, but this Xubuntu 24,04 LTS release seems to be... atypical and urging to look for alternatives. And no, I'm not going to talk here about the time needed to remove snapd and it now even more deeper anchored parts to deinstall.
TLDR: way back when I started with Xubuntu it was a welcome, polished, ever surprising over achiever, which gave the very broad base of ubuntu with the elegance of xfce. It was special. Today it isn't anymore, with debian+xfce, mint+xfce, even smaller distros like xebian taking over the baton. It's always sad to see an old friend deteriorate...
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Version: 24.04
Rating: 2
Date: 2024-04-26
Votes: 10
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I am a long-time Linux user (since Red Hat 8) and I have particularly enjoyed Xubuntu for its light footprint and quickness on my middle-aged computer. I was excited to download the newest 24.04. I installed it from a .iso image and went through the normal installation steps. The process was slow and jerky. Once installed, I tried to get updates and received several errors. The terminal stated that there were packages that were not needed, so I removed them per the recommendation (autoremove). Once this was done, I could not find various apps, the software center, or other normal programs.
As I continued to use the distro, I received several notices that stated the program had an "unexpected problem" and needed to be terminated. The entire process was not at all smooth, something that I have never seen with Xubuntu. I reinstalled a fresh copy of Xubuntu 22.04 and it worked seamlessly. There were no issues at all. The familiar snappiness and stability returned.
I am so sorry that I had issues with Xubuntu 24.04. After all of the build-up to this new version, I was disappointed. I hope that there will be future bug-fix releases to make this version a much more stable product.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-10-22
Votes: 19
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I think the first distro of Linux I ever used was Ubuntu. It was certainly the first distro I ever kept for any length of time. I'm not one to buy the newest computer available, so when my machine started being slow compared to the software being offered, I switched to Xubuntu because I found XFCE faster than the old version of GNOME (that was the time period the switch happened). I ended up sticking with it for ages. I rarely went with another distro. But, at some point, it started causing me problems with laptops in particular. There were issues with screen tearing, primarily. It was fixable, but annoying. But, then the distro started slowing down. I'd install the same software -- sometimes the same versions -- on other distros and they'd run faster. Ultimately, it became an unusable situation. I'd have two partitions for comparison, I'd almost always start out with Xubuntu on a machine. But, another distro -- almost anything, also XFCE-based -- would end up faster. I'm sad to leave this one behind. It's my favorite distro, all throughout my life. But, it's no longer any of the things that made me love it to begin with. I'd come back in the blink of an eye if they fix these issues, but at this point, I'm off to other distros. I just can't take the bugginess and sluggishness anymore. That's the antithesis of what XFCE was supposed to be, to me. Great job, over the years, though. There's no distro I used more often in my life than this one. I hope some version in the future ends up being more like the Xubuntu I fell in love with ages ago. I'm definitely open to coming back to it. But, these aren't new problems, these buggy/sluggish issues go back quite a few LTS versions, now. Still, here's hoping. This was really my favorite distro for most of my life.
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Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-17
Votes: 2
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lightweight, fast for this old netbook (acer aspire one 722, upgraded to 4GB ram, & ssd storage), simple and best of all, xbuntu comes with a minimal version which i am running. great to learn linux and break things. uninstalled snaps and further minimized by removing librewriter, etc. bare bones works fine for me. reinstalled firefox via apt since snap were deleted. tweaked firefox to run a bit faster. like i said great version (especially the minimal) to learn and practice linux. I'm not saying all is perfect, but my complaints could probably be applied to all linux distros (laggy mouse, wonky interfaces, sluggish responses), but really... i'm lucky this old netbook even runs!
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Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-16
Votes: 2
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I have to give Xubuntu a 10 but there's room for improvement. I give it a 10 because I have used this distro about 10 years. I switched from Ubuntu to Xubuntu where Gnome 3 entered and it removed all of my panel apps in Ubuntu 10.10. Look, those customized panel apps are gold. Everything is right there, not taking up much space or resources!
The GUI is fast, responsive, low resource. Gaming on Xubuntu is exceptional.
The desktop is so easy to customize with rotating backgrounds right out of the box. Few others do that.
On Xubuntu, you can download the Kernel from kernel.org and compile it yourself easily. I tried on Manjaro- no luck and the Kernel dev more or less mocked me for wanting to do that. Not with Xubunut. I'm running the latest bleeding edge Kernel with the latest AMD GPU modules and optimized specifically for my Ryzen 5800x.
Complaints:
* I wish some of the graphic libraries were newer. What we have now are very stable ones and that's good. However, I have an AMD GPU now and it benefits from every update!
* Like another user said, Thunar could benefit from actions. Pyrenamer's development death has meant that arranging files is a chore. I'd love to order files by EXE data and then mass rename them. That's not difficult to do. I would code something if I could. I take photos on my phone then I want to file them into folders by year. You really can't do that without some external tool like the defunct Pyrenamer. Oh well.
* We could use some bling. I have never gotten Compiz to work on Xubuntu but maybe that has since changed but we could really use that option. Linux is too beautiful and customizable to waste.
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Version: 20.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-21
Votes: 7
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I think that Xubuntu is underappreciated. Instead of complaining about snaps, remove snapd and enjoy the fact that so many things have been already configured and prepared for you.
The system is snappy and competitively light on resources. It can easily be tweaked to one's taste to a super looking and acting system.
Pros
Rich repositories, archive versions for a sentimental trip to the past. Software center. Automatically mounted partitions.
Cons
Themes, panel, icons, wallpapers, windows that have had the same uninspired look for years.
"Open as root" could have been added to Thunar actions. It's only one line of code.
Synaptic and Gparted could be there among the most important apps (maybe it's there already in newer versions?).
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Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-05
Votes: 8
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Where I'm coming from is Windows from 3.2 to 7, then Linux. Started with Mint 19. It was ok until I got to know Linux better, then it felt restrictive. Tried several distros and eventually settled Lubuntu 18.04. If that version were still actively supported, i'd still be there. I really do not like LXQT.
I have used Xubuntu and XFCE on and off for several releases, usually satisfactorily. There have been some not so good releases, but those were much improved one point release later.
Xubuntu 23.04 is excellent right out of the box. I did make one change: deleted Thunar and installed PCManFM.
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Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-22
Votes: 8
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Xubuntu 23.04 Full Edition
As always Xubuntu shines. It very fast and easy to use distro.
Also what puts it apart is that it has sane defaults: It packages with `Synaptic package manager` which says a lot about Xubuntu developers: it means that they do not treat users as idiots who don't know what to do, but treat them as equals.
Pros:
- XFCE 4.18 is brand new and nice
- Xubuntu packaged and configured XFCE very well (whisker menu, dark themes, wallpapers)
- Xubuntu single panel is very easy to use and is much nicer than default XFCE 2 panel layout
- LaF is nice
- the system is stable (which is cool, cause no need to get back to 22.04)
- the system is lightweight & fast
- the default apps are awesome
Cons:
- it would be nice workspaces to be configured (by default there is only a single workspace)
- as always on XFCE need to install redshift manually (while in other desktops GNOME/KDE/Cinnamon it is bundled)
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Version: 23.04
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-04-21
Votes: 2
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i did the upgrade form 22.10 to 23.4 with the update-manager feature. Its worked very fluid in 15 Minutes. So i did before frome 22.4 to 22.10 . So my Xubuntu is going to be like a rolling release.
I am using Xubuntu for years now. Its a working xfce with regular updates at short intervals and the small collection of features i really need.
Another plus point for me is the speed with which the computer starts up and shuts down again. This makes Xubuntu amazingly fast and so is only comparable to Artix Linux with the runit init.
Well, and there is the look and feel - strictly speaking - no look and feel. Thus, Xubuntu is really only an offer for users who always customize the desktop according to their own taste anyway, or who don't care about the appearance. I guess they could get much more users, if they would spend much more time on a good looking look and feel - there is still a lot possible.
Some points I deduct because of Snap and forcing Firefox to be Snap.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-04-16
Votes: 5
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For many years Xubuntu was my flavour of choice, but sadly 22.04 LTS is the game breaker for me. There are so many issues I even don't know where to start.
Of course, many pros that always stood out are still here, in particular in terms of configurability. On paper, that is. But in the end the problems largely outweigh the advantages, to name a few:
- Snap support for Firefox is not only bothersome but broken when it comes to sound output
- Qt and Xfce seem to have a somewhat difficult relationship, resulting in constant LMMS appimage crashes.
- The same goes for xfwm and wine.
- Lots and lots of unresolved dependencies and broken packages in the repositories that synaptic fails to resolve. I did not even know that it is possible to run into unresolved dependencies in the native distro reps. Why do they refer packages if they rely on others that are outdated or plainly missing?
- random behaviour of the session manager, asking for a login password despite autologin one out of three starts.
Thus I am calling it quits.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-03-07
Votes: 1
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I've always liked Xubuntu. I wanted it to work. Unfortunately, I began my journey with Xubuntu 22.04. It was awful, and beta. In particular, the Software Catalog was laggy and unusable. Inexplicably, I lost audio after two days. Not to be deterred, I researched the problems, and found several concurrent recommendations to instead try Xubuntu 20.04.5 LTS, and to decline any upgrades. Ah, what an improvement, this is what I imagined Xubuntu would be like. First thing I did was get rid of Snaps, before I installed any apps. I checked the Software Catalog, it was simpler, and pleasantly functional. Xubuntu runs a standard Xfce desktop, so Xubuntu was easy to configure to my liking. I had an issue with Restart. The computer would shut down, and start from off normally, but a Restart would hang during boot on a blinking cursor. Fortunately, I recognized this blinking cursor on my machine, a Core 2 Duo, so I appended the boot command line with EDD=off, then the problem went away. After that I loaded up the applications and turned this installation into a tool kit. A loaded Xubuntu booted 12 seconds faster than similar Linux Mint 21.1 Xfce. I recently needed to move data off my Android phone, so I tested my 10 Linux test distros to see which could do the task. Xubuntu performed this task better than all others, in fact, the task would have failed had I not used Xubuntu. I respect that Claude LeFebvre has declined to continue support for Snaps packaging for Linux Mint. I feel the same way. If Canonical insists on continuing that single-minded line of development, I will not be coming along for the ride. In the meantime, I will enjoy this version of Xubuntu, sans Snap, for as long as it works.
PRO
1 not buggy and laggy like Xubuntu 22.04
2 functional Software Catalog, makes a difference
3 user ability to remove Snap
4 easy config with standard Xfce desktop tools
5 relatively faster boot, with smooth and stable operation
6 large selection of applications
CON
1 older version is decidedly superior
2 EDD snag on Restart
3 Snap packager removal requires research
4 Boot menu has obsolete entries that require removal
5 possible issue with pulseaudio and ALSA working together
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 2
Date: 2022-11-22
Votes: 2
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The version of Xubuntu I replaced was plagued by Firefox constantly crashing. I did a clean install of the newest LTS release and am still experiencing the same problem. This distro is unusable. Ubuntu and its family of flavors has fallen a very long way over the last few years. Ubuntu at one time was the best-engineered, most reliable distribution available. I've used Ubuntu Mate and Xubuntu for years. No more. At least we have Distrowatch to use as a guide. It looks like I will be relying on the wisdom of the crowd and trying MX Linux, too.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-11-02
Votes: 4
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I recently installed the newest LTS version. Compared to the older version I replaced, what a disappointment this is. Based on the professional reviews, all flavors of Ubuntu have suffered from stability issues over the past few releases. This one is no different. Unfortunately, the panel crashes regularly. Restarting the session to restore the panel is annoying, but when the panel disappears completely and a hard restart is required, this becomes dangerous and is unacceptable. In addition, Snaps deserve all the criticism they get. If I'm trying to get work done, I regularly get confronted with a desktop notification that a new Firefox Snap has just been installed and if I don't restart Firefox, I'm likely to experience problems. This reminds me of Linux Mint, which constantly runs its software updater. This is just stupid. I wish I had installed MX Linux instead.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-25
Votes: 4
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I use Linux around 15 years and every few month i am formatting my laptop and installing new ver of Linux.
tried a lot of Ubuntu base and manjaro.
To the final were 3 Linux system
Lite 6.0 very good but always i have the feeling that something is missing don't know to say what.
Ubuntu mate 22.04 grate option and was difficult for me to choose between Xubuntu and Mate.
Xubuntu 22.04
all of them more of the same
but i have found that Xubuntu is the fastest and smooth Linux system.
it is so simple to get the theme,background and all other stuff to make this Linux as you want.
grate Ubuntu base.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-09-16
Votes: 5
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I use Linux since 2009, starting with Ubuntu and Kubuntu.
After the change to unity and gnome 3 i went to XFCE an i never regret it.
XFCE is fast, very snappy and easy to use. I like the possibilities to customize it and - after experimenting with other desktops and distributions, i came back everytime.
I like to have my own customized user interface and not a windows replacement and certainly not mac-os.
Xubuntu is my way to go, after purging snap and some other crap. I use flatpak and appimages and it works fine for me.
I will never, NEVER change back to windows. Now i am free and happy.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-09-06
Votes: 10
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Have been using versions of Xubuntu off and on for the past few years. But then I settled into a pattern of mostly using Zorin and Pop. I thought I would give the new 22.04 LTS of Xubuntu a try on a relatively new Toshiba laptop.
The installation worked very well. I'm very happy with XFCE as the DE. It seems to be pretty light on resource use and it's easy to navigate.
I liked the software/app store, and I added Snap and Snap Store to chase down a few applications. I also was able to install some deb pkgs very easily by using the built-in software install program.
I am very happy that I am easily able to install and run Devede NG program, as I have found going back to DVDs very useful for teaching, since it's a robust technology in the classrooms (so long as there are BD or DVD players that work). I have to shift back to the classroom from all that online teaching, and this is a great way to transition a lot of the content and save it too. It's easier to carry a few DVDs to class than an entire laptop with all the necessary cables.
I think this would make a great distro to put on those Win 10 computers that can't upgrade to Win 11. I tried Win 11 for a bit on two newer computers but decided that it stunk and just wiped it. Instead, Ubuntu is on the new mini-PC and Xubuntu is on the new laptop.
A light install didn't install the software store on another computer, so I had to add that. I think the better way to do it would be to do a full install, and then just use the software store and install program to uninstall the stuff you don't need (if you need to save drive space). For me, that would mean uninstalling some game apps.
Opinions and experiences vary, but of all the Ubuntu distros--Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, and Xubuntu--I would probably recommend Xubuntu the most even though I like all of them.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-08-13
Votes: 4
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I have tried several distributions, but Xubuntu is my favorite. I really like the configurability of Xfce and the small number of bugs in this distribution. I also like the lack of eye candy and the speed of the user interface.
I had previously used Linux Mint Xfce but switched to Xubuntu. One advantage is that I can download the release months sooner, thus getting the latest and greatest software. I found that I can configure Xubuntu to be as much like Linux Mint Xfce as I want, without the wait. Also, Xubuntu comes with snap, which I prefer not to use, but it came in handy for getting the latest release of the Deja Dup backup software.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-06-25
Votes: 1
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After a few years I thought I would give Xubuntu a try again.
I very recently bought a new Intel NUC, Intel Atlas Canyon NUC11ATKPE (I think Intel only started manufacturing them in March 2022, so really new Hardware), got myself 16GB RAM plus a 500 GB SSD and with this Xubuntu 22.04 was working out of the box so to speak, everything was working straight away like Monitor, Wireless, sound etc.
System is snappy, quick boot, well typical for XFCE.
However there were some niggles, otherwise I woujld have given 10/10.
For example the Network Applet kept disappearing, if I try to save panel preferences that leads to a crashed window, I tried GPG and that also seemed to crash initially with windows frozen, installing software from the Gnome Software centre is obviously possible but when then trying to uninstall from Gnome software it says that the package doesn't exist (note some software versions on Gnome software really old and not functioning that well, for example there is this fantastic Gnome Authenticator app for 2FA OTPs, but the "Xubuntu" version (version 3.x) is around 15 secs behind vs the "correct" timing, compared per other 2FA apps and the authenticator version 4.x that is now available on flatpak, I accept that this isn't the fault of Xubuntu but still...)
I have found Xubuntu on this occasion a bit more difficult to configure (repeated crashes, thank goodness for timeshift!!) than in the past (I think I had tried the 18.04 version before) ans also perhaps in contrast to Linux Mint where it seemed much less configuration was needed.
Still after some work I have a snappy, lightweight system that works very well.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-16
Votes: 6
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This is my usual go to 'buntu. It is small, light on resources and you can then install anything else you like. One problem I have heard people express with Ubuntu (the main "Buntu") is that Gnome is something of a pain. I get that. On older hardware KDE and Gnome are just non-functional because they are too much like Windows in the resource hog category. Xubuntu and Lubuntu aid with that. I will also note here that on older computers like my Gateway FX (Intel Quad Core processor) even Mate chokes a bit and has problems. Not sure if that is the older nvidia card or the processor, but Mate, Gnome and KDE are horrible on that system. Xfce, IceWM, JWM, Cinnamon (weird that Cinnamon runs, but not Mate or Gnome) and TDE (basically KDE 3.5) all run beautifully on it.
The great thing about this flavor of the 'buntus is that Xfce works and you can then install Cinnamon as a second desktop and it works too. You can also go to the Cinnamon Remix of Ubuntu, but the advantage of installing Xubuntu as the base is that you get a solid, low resource running GUI that will work on most computers. Starting out with Cinnamon or other more resource heavy GUI may result in a non-bootable or non-usable system on that old computer. With Xubuntu, if you install a heavier GUI, you have Xfce as the fallback so you can still use the system.
Also, the 'buntus are generally a good set of distros. I have come to prefer the LTS releases, however. As expected, 22.04 seems to work reasonably well. I had an issue on a Dell laptop with it working with my larger monitor that was attached via HDMI port, but I was able to find a way to fix that through the command line. One thing about the 'buntus that is hard to find elsewhere is the community support. Debian, 'buntus and Arch are three communities that are good to work with, but the 'buntu community is second to none.
Let's face it...Linux is pretty much similar across the board. If you know what you are doing, you can get Slackware to do everything Debian, Fedora, a 'buntu or any other does. The place where Xubuntu and the rest of the 'buntu line shines in support for those that are new or have only limited experience. After installing 22.04 on my laptop and having the monitor problem, I had only to go to the community and ask questions. The 'buntu community came to my aid with no muss, no fuss and no berating, insults or venom (some other distro's communities give a lot of attitude to people having questions). I had the problem fixed in a day (most of that was just waiting on a response). The solution was given in a step by step manner and the directions were easy.
Why spend time on this point? Simple. An integral necessity for any OS is tech support. One thing the 'buntus have going for them is a community that provides that tech support for free and with a real sense of kindness toward newbies.
I recommend using Xubuntu as the base for any 'buntu based system and then installing an alternate GUI (if you want one), if you are on a computer that is 5 years old or older. For the most part, though, Xfce is everything most people need in a GUI. Granted there are more polished Xfce distros out there, but most lack in the community support.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-15
Votes: 1
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Ever popular Ubuntu distro with the tried and tested, lightweight, stable and highly customizable XFCE desktop environment.
Pros:
Very polished but lightweight distro with high customization potential.
Most stable of all the Ubuntu flavors I have used.
Workflow is very intuitive for a DE with high customization potential.
Bundled apps are all neat, stable and work great, Thunar file manager, Mousepad etc.
Overall a joy to use.
Cons:
Only con for me is the lack of XFCE support for Wayland, with the roadmap not ensuring anything for the near future.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-01
Votes: 11
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Pros: A very fast, stable and beautiful distribution, that i use for both productivity and daily use.
Xfce is better than in the past.
snap slow. I like firejail for sandboxing.
sudo apt autoremove --purge snapd
sudo apt-mark hold snapd
I downloaded Firefox-esr tarball from Mozilla website and unpack it in /opt/
and manually create a firefox-esr.desktop shortcut in /usr/share/applications/
That's it.
After any release of new version - (Help -> about) -, i delete the old firefox folder in /opt/ and download the new tarball version and unpack it in /opt/
Cons: Nothing.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-05-15
Votes: 33
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Xubuntu was the first distro distribution I really warmed to and loved to use as a daily-driver, back in the days of 16.04. However, after a while I thought, I maybe could find something better and hopped around a bit, but never got used to another operatingsystem, the way I got used to Xubuntu. With the release of 22.04, I suddenly thought about giving Xubuntu another spin and all I can say is: Wow! I haven't had a single issue with it and have yet to come across any bugs. Everything is incredibly light on resources, fast and responsive and the system is extremely reliable. It just gets out of the way and it's such a joy to work with Xubuntu 22.04! I certainly won't switch away any time soon and Xubuntu got me back as a happy user.
I'd really like to thank the devs for their great work and highly recommend Xubuntu 22.04 to everyone. Especially if you need to get actual work done and are looking for a set-and-forget OS, Xubuntu is definitely worth considering.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-05-08
Votes: 55
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Xubuntu is back! The last ~4 years I've found all the *buntus a bit buggy and..."finicky". 22.04 has been a solid and trouble free release for me. The best since about 16.04. I am not fond of the "forced" snap packages and really not liking the Firefox snap preinstalled (Firefox is fine, just not a snap version), but it's not too much trouble to remove all that and put it back the way I like it.
Other than that I find Xubuntu to be the closest Xfce distro to what I want, not to stripped or too bloated. So it is really not too much hassle to remove a couple unwanted things (snaps, gigolo, timeshift), then add a few more that I use. This is the first *buntu in a few years that I did not have to go hunting for ways to fix several things right after install. Looking at you Nvidia
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-05-05
Votes: 38
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Xubuntu is still one of the best distributions. Very stable and fast. If someone doesn't like snap, they can easily remove it and use flatpak or appimages. As for Firefox, you can download a tarball from the Mozilla website, create a directory in your home directory and unpack it there. It will update itself. You will only need to create a shortcut manually. Or install Librewolf from a flatpak. Xubuntu is also one of the best distros for gamers. Now I use two Debians (64 bit and 32 bit) Xubuntu, PopOS. I used also Arch, Void, MX, Sparky, Antix, Arco, Parrot, Slackware, EndevourOS, Mint, Peppermint and a few more. So... yes, Xubuntu - very good Linux, but may be not for begginers now,
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-05-03
Votes: 2
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First was Chromium and now Firefox. "Firefox is now a snap..." .. i am out
I dont like PPA's; less stability and security .. (generaly speaking )
Than cons: snap, snap, snap!
Why they force us to adopt snap? give us the choice!
You will see,
May be the clever Mint is an alternative. or the excellente Q4Os
Ubuntu and official flavors ( X, K, L, ...) are very stable but tend to follow wind$ road..
My adventure with Xubuntu stop here. for me, it was the best Xfce based desktop. Yes "drastic" but very stable, light, install and forguet . But now..
Not for newbies and lot of work before use and not secure by default!
English is not my native language. Sory :)
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-27
Votes: 41
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I've installed Xubuntu 22.04 on a Dell Latitude E 7250. Very good and very fast. No crash or bug since I installed it. I started by Ubuntu 22.04 but there was stuttering on the right side of the screen. So, I went Xubuntu route. No tearing. Since the computer is for work, I didn't watch movies on it.
For me, Ubuntu base is needed for stability. The computer is for data analysis and report writing 8 to 10 hours a day, so I must set it up and forget. I downloaded Firefox and Vivaldi and I removed all things related to snap (sudo apt autoremove --purge snapd). I removed LibreOffice (crash often) and installed OnlyOffice. There are other data analysis professional softwares installed on it (R, Anaconda, SPSS) and one through wine (Stata). One more thing I really appreciate is the default wallpaper, it is very nice.
I have stability, reliability, beauty, efficiency, and speed. So, 10.
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-22
Votes: 35
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I installed Xubuntu 22.04 in Gnome Boxes to test drive it before committing to full blown desktop install. During the installation, I selected "minimal" which doesn't load a lot of applications that I would just remove anyway. So far, so good. It hasn't changed much from 20.04 except for Firefox is now a snap, and for some reason, a Chromium snap .desktop file is in /usr/share/applications, but it still requires installation. I'm not a fan of snaps, so I installed Brave. Otherwise, any Xubuntu fan will find the same dependable system they are used to.
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Version: 21.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-03
Votes: 2
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I like speed and straight forward operation.
Xubuntu 21.10 is the best distro since Lubuntu 18.04 (LXDE). I stayed with Lubuntu until 18.04.5, when things didn't quite work right. I would have continued with Lubuntu but can not stand LXQT and its needless complexity.
Spec:
Intel Core i5
16GB ram
512GB SSD
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-02-25
Votes: 2
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Amazing distro.
Stable. Runs almost perfectly on the ancient 14 yo Asus X51 RL laptop!
For me, this distro is more stable than Lubuntu.
Spec:
Pentium Dual-core T2330
2GB ram
Radeon X1100
120 Gb SSD on SATA 1 slot :)
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Version: 21.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-01-22
Votes: 4
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Very happy to use this kind of Ubuntu. It is fast, stable and easy to use.
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Version: 21.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-12-27
Votes: 4
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XFCE and Ubuntu is highly recommended after Windows 7 use.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-26
Votes: 6
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Like most everyone, you come from the Windows world and like me, you want to find a familiar and very configurable desktop environment; Xfce of course! reliable, fluid, very stable, not complicated! Xubuntu LTS will be forgotten for 3 years to better focus on productivity, surfing, leisure ..., It is a light and very malleable distribution with regular updates; security and others.
I have tried quite a few distributions, notably based on the Xfce environment, and I still find problems that bother me; like some dependencies when I want to uninstall or install programs and I don't like exotic repositories .. other than those from, Debian and Buntu; for various reasons ... therefore, I always come back to Xubuntu LTS, and there, I finally understood that it is the best alternative, which I do not regret since version 16.04.
The essential is there. We uninstall the little that we don't need and we install a few more applications as needed; synaptic is very easy to learn.
security side, the UFW firewall is there, AppArmor is there, we can add Firejail.
What else? objectively? deserves to be ranked higher!
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Version: 21.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-16
Votes: 2
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Another sensational flavor , for old PC, that works perfectly.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-10-10
Votes: 8
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I have tried most of the well known distros and settle on this one. I run it on both my laptops.
- XFCE is just the best
- LTS is crucial for me
- And everything works out of the box including media codecs.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-09-22
Votes: 1
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If you are a fan of Xfce you will also love this distribution. Easy to install, god selection of default apps, efficient and lean to your machine and beautiful. My favourite of all distributions!
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-09-01
Votes: 1
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I picked up a older notebook about ten years old. Its got a Intel 3427u Ivy Bridge CPU, 8 GB RAM and I replaced a spin drive with a Sata SSD. Been trying several Linux distro's and even Neverware CloudReady OS
A Chrome OS clone that runs Chromium OS. All of them run perfectly fine but a tad slow because in fact they are developed for today's hardware not that of a decade ago. Thought I would try a Xfce desktop Linux to see if performance improved. Actually I do notice the desktop performance improving but apps like Firefox actually are slower at least when I can perform some tests. Then you have the trouble of browsers hit or miss on hardware acceleration and I feel like things go south from there. Not saying Linux desktops are all terrible. But in the end only the desktop environments really have any bearing on performance. I will say so far the hardware in this notebook seems very friendly to all Linux distro's I have tried. But is there a Goldilocks distro that really works well, isn't buggy, has long term support and still tweaks older hardware? I always feel that using a Linux desktop OS feels like a second class OS compared to a Mac OS or Windows. Nothing really un-kept but also nothing really that stands out either.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-08-18
Votes: 0
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After trying several distros that all failed to complete installation, *replacing* ChromeOS, on a Dell Chromebook (incl: Debian 10 and Gallium OS - the latter supposedly optimised/the best for the Chromebook h/w) I tried Xubuntu, seeking a Goldilocks option and, indeed, everything worked perfectly except, as predicted, sound. Despite trying every suggested fix, I gave up and settled for bluetooth with ear buds when sound really is required (though even then the bluetooth is a bit patchy at times). Other than that, the stable 20.04 Xubuntu runs sweetly on the
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Version: 21.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-08-12
Votes: 5
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I tested both minimal and full installations of Xubuntu. It's a very polished distro, and leaves nothing left to be desired. Recently, I have been trying out several Ubuntu based distros and have come to the conclusion that they are all similarly good in 2021. 15-20 years ago, the differences were quite significant in terms of stability and practicality, but it's not the case anymore, because what is under the hood has improved so much, and the implementation has also improved a lot. Xubuntu is as good as any other Ubuntu based distro, just lighter. It boots within seconds on SSD. It's the fastest booting Ubuntu based system that I have used so far. I am very pleased with it.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 2
Date: 2021-06-27
Votes: 3
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Like the reviewer beneath me, i've been running Linux since the late 90's. Started with Redhat 5.0 and Corel Linux.(Dependency Hell, but a fortunate simplicity, and reliability nevertheless)
Downloaded 20.04 from Australian mirror today - AARNET. Installation went ok apart from confusion over correct mount point syntax, not explained with a tool-tip in the installer. Hints would be nice.
Similar experience to review before me. Looks great after boot, everything working fine.
Installed updates from closer official mirror here in NZ, in terms of hops, and after patches are applied (not a full upgrade), I'm greeted with a permanent hard lock in XFCE I cannot get out of, which seems to be a blank screensaver with a working mouse pointer. Control-Alt-Backspace won't drop to system shell, despite being enabled at install. Cannot turn off without forced hardware powerdown - bios override by holding power key for 5 seconds.
Utterly hopeless, and I've had far better stability with Q4OS, Devuan, and for that matter Puppy FatDog-64. If you're looking for a 'lite' distro, I'd recommend those apart from Fatdog 64, which is fast but lacks easy updates. Those 2 recommendations, do require some tweaking though out of the box. For example Q4OS won't preview thumbnails of image files without installing a plugin for KDE derived TDE window manager. However Q4 boots much faster than Xubuntu, and does not lock after normal updates. Devuan is bearable if you can tolerate Openbox window manager, which is not my cup of tea. Best of luck !
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Version: 21.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-06-13
Votes: 2
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Pros: Looks good, worked well (until it didn't)
Cons: Download/installed updates on 11 Jun, now will not run more than a few minutes without locking up.
I installed Kubuntu in February. It locked up repeatedly and the only way to get out was to power cycle. Rather than spend a lot of time trying to figure out the problem, I installed Xubuntu, and was VERY happy with it.....until updates were pushed out 11 Jun, which I installed; now I have the same problem I had with Kubuntu. I've gone through Lubuntu, Kubuntu, and now, Xubuntu, and they all have issues. My first Linux was RedHat, about 22 years ago, I'm thinking of trying it again, or maybe CentOS,
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-05-30
Votes: 14
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The best distribution ever.
Very easy to use, strong, lite and secure.
gMTP is awesome.
I enjoy it for daily use since 16.04 LTS
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Version: 21.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-05-13
Votes: 3
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I installed this non LTS version expecting a number of glitches and annoyances. I was wrong. It runs every bit as good as 20.04, slightly more responsive & with up to date packages. Congrats to the Xubuntu team. As others have said, theming leaves a lot to be desired, I head straight over to xfcelook.org and download the Qogir theme & icons. Other than that easily put right thing, installs and runs brilliantly.
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Version: 21.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-05-05
Votes: 5
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Xubuntu is already for a long time my favorite distro. But last time
there was snap.
In the 21.4 version are after installing the OS no snaps are installed. I typed in the terminal
snap list - there was no installed snaps.
snapd was installed, so I typed in the terminal sudo apt-get purge snapd
and deleted snap.
So the users have the simple way to choose if the want snap or not.
The only thing missing now is runit as init.
Then Xubuntu would really be the best of all distros.
Discussions about the look and fell are not necessary - XFCE is the best desktop to customize it
to your own flavor.
Xubuntu war schon lange meine Lieblingsdistro. Aber mit den Snaps beim letzten Mal gab es einen kleinen faden Nachgeschmack.
Bei der 21.4 Version waren nach der Installation des Betriebssystems keine Snaps installiert - die Eingabe von snap list zeigte keine installierten Snaps.
snapd war installiert, so habe ich im Terminal sudo apt-get purge snapd eingegeben und so Snap gelöscht.
Somit haben die Nutzer eine einfache Möglichkeit zu Wählen, ob sie snaps haben wollen oder nicht.
Jetzt fehlt nur noch runit als init, und Xubuntu wäre wirklich die beste Distro von allen.
Diskussion über das Aussehen sind überflüssig. XFCE ist der beste Desktop, um ihn nach dem eigenen Geschmack einzurichten.
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Version: 21.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-04-26
Votes: 1
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Arguably the best of the Ubuntu flavours. Xfce isn't as light on RAM as it used to be, but thankfully it's still gentle on the CPU and the fans are whisper-quiet. Moreover, it seems quite stable & responsive. My biggest criticism is that - out of the box - it looks somewhat dated, and there are minor annoyances such as the menu not being mapped to the super key by default. Easily rectified, though. I'd also suggest adding Slick Greeter (for login screen), Plank Dock, the appmenu applet (global menu), SkippyXD (for window expose), and changing the theme to Materia & icons to Papirus. With a small amount of effort you'll end up with fast, good-looking and stable system.
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Version: 21.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-04-26
Votes: 0
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Version 21.04. makes a very good impression. Have been using various derivatives of Ubuntu for years, so Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu, ...
Now it was time for me to test Xubuntu.
The general impression: A great release! The LTS version still looked a bit "old-fashioned", the 21.04. more modern.
I still installed "plank", so that I have a dock at the bottom with DeepL access. I guess the team didn't get rid of one plague: The first time I try to connect to a BlueTooth device, I get the usual "sorry" error. After a reboot, however, everything is fine again.
And after the installation you have to enter the WLAN password once again, this was not taken over by the installer.
But otherwise: Booted on a Lenovo V110 (8GB RAM, 2x1.2Ghz, SSD) in a few seconds and the system is much more performant compared to Ubuntu.
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Version: 21.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-04-26
Votes: 0
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Xubuntu is the best ubuntu version from all other flavours. If anyone looks for a light weight distro with systemd, xfce DE this the best choice. The only thing i would add in xubuntu after install is synaptic. This distro got everything you need for a great experience. I like the fact when i drag windows they become trasnparent (you have to set it up it's not by default this way) The only draw back is that firefox the main browser get updated with a big delay that can take even 7 days till they patch to the latest ff version. For example ff 88 was realesed in april 19 and only today 26 they updated. If i can change something i would install Xterm instead of xfce terminal that looks amazing for example in linux lite. Would make more sense Xubuntu, Xterm but this can be done very easily. Even i'm on arch based distro once in a while i check Xubuntu when i need more convenience. Cheers to Xubuntu team!
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-03-30
Votes: 1
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The start was promising, installed it to download updates and proprietary drivers. Touchpad was moving ok after few settings. I've had some troubles moving the taskbar from top to bottom that can be achieved by unchecking the lock panel from preferences and drag taskbar from the left side where there is a special field to catch and drag it to bottom. Reboot was fast and after that tried to update from terminal. Update was working great till i left my laptop few minutes and after i returned screen was black, moved mouse, arrows left right, nothing. All i could get was my mouse pointer on a black screen. Got into a tty tried to restart display, didn't worked. Tried to reboot did not work as in the background the system was making updates. Restarting xfce sent me into a never ending xubuntu loading logo loop. Xubuntu seems to be lighter than it's brother lubuntu but it's nowhere near antix wich is still the champion. On low end/old laptops xubuntu still works sluggish but still is better than linux lite or linux mint that i tried also. So if your pc is powerful enough to run xubuntu flawlessly you better try MXlinux if not try antix.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-03-20
Votes: 5
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It has all the upsides of Ubuntu without having to deal with all the downsides of GNOME.
Solid recommendation for anyone looking for something stable and easy.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-03-14
Votes: 4
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Pretty much the ideal Linux distro for me. Works out of the box, easy to use, fast and responsive. Xubuntu is my go-to recommendation for anyone looking to switch to Linux.
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Version: 20.10
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-03-14
Votes: 0
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I've installed Xubuntu on my main machine + Regolith as my only DE.
Fast & stable, it does the job for me.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-03-09
Votes: 1
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I want to give Xubuntu a 10/10. Been using for a month and the only hitch has been that the Snap Store failed to install VLC. No problem, installed the .deb package instead. Anyway, Xubuntu is fast, light and stable. It's not the perfect absolute beginner distro, Mint includes more applications by default. They should consider adding applications like GParted, Synaptic, a USB writer like mintstick, and backup applications like DejaDup and Timeshift. Other than that, Xubuntu is really a fantastic distro that is ideal for use on older computers and still very easy to use.
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Version: 20.04
Rating: 6
Date: 2021-02-24
Votes: 0
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Seriously, I know the Xubuntu team is small, but they've missed some bugs that are just annoying, such as one with suspend and the screensaver! Apparently a bad interaction between the new XFCE4 version 16 and the lightdm and lightlocker and x-screensaver (c'mon just put sleep/suspend/lock in ONE location!) Plus, certain panel accessories no longer work (after I had finally made them work on previous versions... seriously you don't use a "notifier" to run what should be a standalone monitoring application.) Also, can't theme it the way I did in 18.04, as support for GTK2 is apparently missing, and GTK3 is way too complicated to deal with customizatons.
Most of the common themes I have used before don't work and don't have replacements! After using this for a week trying to make it work properly I got such bad crashes in common programs and when the display went wonky after a suspend, I'm back on 18.04, which I at least was finally able to tweak so it worked as well as 16.04 or 12.04 (which was probably the best but not up to modern standards.)
Common to Ubuntu, there is no 32-bit. Start looking elsewhere if you're wanting toinstall Xubuntu 20 plus on older hardware, those days are gone.
I
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Version: 20.10
Rating: 2
Date: 2021-01-26
Votes: 0
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Xubuntu 20.10 has few big problems for me.
Firstly it is impossible to use MS Teams on Xubuntu 20.10 becouse that app is totally freezing PC. I had to remove it via Recovery Mode becouse I can not use PC at all ( Teams was added on startup automatically )
The same situation takes place when I want to play Ski Jump game in browser.
XFCE sometimes freezes for a second, what is a bit annoying
The next major problem is with my HP 3525 printer, which do not want to print on dedicated drivers installed via Printer settngs. Printer is not responding when I want to print something. Default drivers are a bit problematic. There are some problems with duplex, and printer is a bit slow in my opinion. I do not know if scanner is working out of the box becouse I did not tested that.
I went back to 20.04 and everything is working fine. I will stuck with 5.4 kernel for some time, becouse 5.8 is not stable enoguh for me, so Xbuntu 20.04.2 may be problematic too.
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Latest Reviews
Project: Xubuntu
Version: 24.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-08-06
Votes: 6
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Xubuntu is great if you like a simple and minimalist distribution that is not *too* simple and minimalist.
With all the power of Ubuntu and Debian behind, and simple yet nice looking XFCE interface that uses little resources yet gives you everything you need.
There are some issues but these are the kind of issues you would encounter in any Linux distribution.
For example if you use Secure Boot, which you are forced too if dual booting with windows 11, you will be forced to use an older version of the Nvidia drivers because the new ones are not signed to support Secure Boot.
Another issue is that you can no longer choose to encrypt your home folder during install.
Fortunately it's easy to do after with ecryptfs.
When initially introduced Snap packages used to be very slow and where not properly integrating with the desktop.
In the meantime they good much faster, they seamlessly integrate with the system and with a modern-ish system with a SSD drive you will feel no difference in launch time compared to debs.
And they are more secure and makes things easier for packagers which means you get updated versions faster.
With debs packaged by distribution maintainers you sometimes need to wait a few days until a security issue is fixed while with snaps you get them as soon as they are released.
XFCE does not yet support Wayland, but they are working at it which is good because Wayland is not yet fully ready to replace X.
One major reason why I use an official Ubuntu derivative and not an unofficial one such as Linux Mint is security.
Ubuntu and it's derivatives are made by a large team of employed developers for large enterprise customers which means they have a level of responsibility that independent unpaid developers can't offer.
It's also easier and faster to find solutions with any problems that you might encounter and if needed you have the option of paid support which might not be necessary for a home user but if you want to sue it in a company it's usually mandatory.
Also for any Linux software you are guaranteed to find some PPA or other way to get a compatible package and support for it while with other independent distributions you are on your own, hoping that any changes the independent developers have made did not make the software you want to use incompatible.
Since they few issues I had where not because the Xubuntu distribution itself and where inherited and shared with other Linux distributions I gave it a 10 because everything that Xubuntu offers on top of its Ubuntu parent does not have any issues and it is a very underrated distribution that gives you everything you need without wasting your resources.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 24.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-05-30
Votes: 0
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A couple of days ago, I wrote a review, pointing to my inability to install Xubuntu 24.04.
Yesterday, I decided to give it another go, this time starting it via the 'Grub2' option. To my surprise, the 'Install Xubuntu' option appeared on the desktop, just as it should have. From that moment on, the installation run very smoothly, albeit slightly longer than the previous versions of Xubuntu.
Alter the installation I encountered a slight problem with installing Chrome, as it wouldn't start. However, that was solved with a simple reboot of the system.
So far, what can I say about the 24.04 Xubuntu?
A definite improvement with regard to handling of the Bluetooth connection. With the previous version (and that affected every flavour of Ubuntu), the Bluetooth headphones would simply disconnect with a notification 'No Bluetooth Adapters Available'.
This bug seems to have been solved, which is a big improvement. The connection breaks from time to time, but usually quickly reconnects.
The Thunar file manager still cannot click and drag multiple files, so I replaced it with PCManFM which works perfectly fine.
As for the additional drivers, no extra Wi-Fi driver available any longer. At first, I thought the Xubuntu team decided to ship it by default, but this isn't the case. Even 'dkms' isn't installed by default, so you have to install it separately, just as the 'git' as well.
What I also noticed, TPLink Wi-Fi adapter (which I use) doesn't flash its light any longer when installed, which might be a blessing to those who are annoyed by flashing diodes or a disappointment to those who rely on the indicator.
As I mentioned before, it works when started with Grub2. It doesn't affect me, as Xubuntu is the only system I use on this laptop. However, as far as I'm concerned, Grub2 will not allow the dual boot with Windows or any other system that is not a Linux distribution that supports Grub2.
So, bear that in mind.
Still, I like Xubuntu and XFCE and wouldn't change it for anything else.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 24.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-05-28
Votes: 3
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Xubuntu 24.04 turned out to be a bit of a disaster when I tried to install it on my HP laptop 15seq 1xxx series. File downloaded from the University of Kent (UK) Mirror.
The file took forever to be put on Ventoy, eventually I had to switch the computer off, because Ventoy got stuck. Anyway, after a restart to my surprise Xubuntu booted, albeit straight to the desktop, not like previous versions when you had an option to try Xubuntu or to install it.
I set up the Wi-Fi connection, and decided to install the system. Io my amazement, there was no Install Xubuntu option on the desktop. I search for it in the menu and found 'Install RELEASE'. I pressed it and was greeted with an installation menu to choose: language, keyboard, etc. After that, I confirmed my choices and the Installer simply disappeared.
So I tried again. The second time, the Installer disappeared just after I picked the keyboard layout.
I thought I'd downloaded a faulty file, (I'm still going to try other mirrors), but from comments here, I understand I'm not alone.
I don't want to down-rate it or anything, it just would be nice if those issues were seen to by the team, please! Otherwise, I find XFCE and Ubuntu to be very useful software.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 24.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-27
Votes: 2
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Very impressed with Xubuntu Minimal 22.04.
The only Snap application included is snapd itself, so if you want to disable snap, it's very easy. The applications included are indeed minimal, so it's a blank slate for your own choices - including avoiding the Gnome apps with libadwaita that stick out like a sore thumb.
Very stable - no crashes or freezes so far. The laptop I've installed it is 11 years old, with an Intel Ivy Bridge processor, but everything runs smoothly.
By default there's a 24 pixel panel at the top. I added the Xubuntu Extras PPA which has xfce4-docklike-plugin. So I've added another panel at the bottom which functions as a very capable dock. Also added the Papirus icons which go very well with the default Greybird theme.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-05-21
Votes: 0
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I've been a Xubuntu user for at least 10 years (since version 12.04 or 13.04), and so far, my experience has been very stable and great overall. So stable and great, in fact, that I installed it on almost all of my machines. It's a distro I would especially recommend to newbies as it is very easy to configure to look just like Win7 or 10. The only thing that I noticed in going from 14.04 to 16.04 or 18.04 on one of my old laptops is that now it takes almost twice as much to boot...like, what's the deal with that? And yes, the laptop still uses a mechanical drive as boot drive, but it is still disappointing. Sometimes, it just fails to boot properly, which I suspect might have something to do with the fact that the drive is failing. The biggest issue I've encountered so far is that the distro still suffers from screen tearing, and in the past, I used compton to solve the issue, which worked flawlessly, something I no longer do because I expect things to just work out of the box and don't have enough time for tinkering. It's a known problem the devs do not seem to be particularly keen on fixing. A shame, as it's forcing me to look for alternative distros in order for me to just watch a movie or video file.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 24.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-05-12
Votes: 7
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Xubuntu 24.04 minimal iso.
I tried to install it on my Lenovo ThinkPad and experienced the same problem previous reviewers have already mentioned...it won't install.
So, on a whim, I tried it on my Dell Optiplex desktop. Success! No installation problems what-so-ever. Why it works on one and not the other is a mystery for the devs.
It runs great, as any Xubuntu user would expect. The biggest negative is the some of the Gnome-based apps, like baobab (Disk Usage Analyzer), doesn't match the Adwaita and Greybird dark themes.
One really positive thing about the minimal version is the snap package is THERE, but it is not running. So, for anti-snap people like myself, just go into synaptic and mark it for complete removal. Sweet. The down side of this is you won't have a browser. For me, no problem. I have all the command-line download links for Brave browser. Done.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 24.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-05-02
Votes: 3
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One big mess. I have not been able to install Xubuntu 24.04 on my hard drive even once. I thought the iso image was faulty, I downloaded it again, checked the md5sum, the iso image was fine, live mode works, yet the installation does not work on my Lenovo (2023) laptop. I had the same problem with Ubuntu 23.10 (Ubuntu 24.04 works perfectly). Xubuntu was one of my favorite systems for its lightness and perfect simplicity, but unfortunately I can't give this latest release a positive review. But I believe that the developers will listen to the voices of users who have problems with this version and fix it. I wish you much success.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 24.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-04-29
Votes: 5
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We gave the new Xubuntu 24.04 LTS a try today in VM. It turned out to be a rather short but clear exercise.
Install (xubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso) turned out to be troubled, with periods of not responsiveness. After finally completing the install, VM seems to have an issue with X11 (24.04 only, but not ≤ 22.04), assuming that you run 24.04 as a terminal session. After reboot, login preference is not honored. Multiple reboots failed, leaving the system hang. After disabling quiet splash in grub, it turns out that there are a lot of snap processes (snapd, snap-store?) which are competing, and ultimately pausing boot indefinitely (retry times set to long intervals like ~10 mins and "indefinite" (!) so no escape and continue boot).
Since our use case needs responsiveness, customize to honor user needs, and stability, we'll wait this one out on the performing fine 22.04, and rinse and repeat later. Most likely later have a look at these snap processes, whether still an issue and size of overhead for future sourcing decision.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 24.04
Rating: 2
Date: 2024-04-28
Votes: 5
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As the commentart before me, long time Xubuntu user (Hardy). And yes, I too was drawn to Xubuntu because of it being light, quick, and still customisable. As a long(er) time *nix user, I appreciate the fact that "experiences may vary", especially when the version did not earn its first point release yet.
Nevertheless was curious what Xubuntu 24.04 has to give. Unfortunately, I was rather underwhelmed, although I know this is a LTS release, and "Stability Is Good". And there lies the issue for me: this is not stable. It is rather buggy to be honest...
I started of with the minimal version on bare metal (Please note: not my production box!) and was guided through a stuttering, jerky, and at some points non-responsive install experience (e.g. @ Create Your Account, wait, wait, ah, there are the letters you typed! Clicking to go back to correct in another field... 10 secs... 20secs... aaaand there we can no type... but you will not see what... untill onther 20 secs have passed).
When finally installed, experiences varied significantly, e.g. apt installs where extremely quick and problem free (e.g. mousepad, file-roller and compression packages, neofetch), while GUI actions were laggy and at some points even stopped for seconds completely. Another eye-brow raiser... although during install autologin was ticked, I was greeted upon reboot... by the login prompt. After checking /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and rebooting... I was greeted by the lightdm login prompt.
I ditched the minimal install iso and reinstalled with the (full) desktop iso. This too gave the same experiences.
Again, as I mentioned already, this is not my first experience, nor first install of Linux/ Xubuntu. But I have to agree with the reviewer before me that this is very untypical for Xubuntu. I understand that things need to be ironed out shortly after release, but this Xubuntu 24,04 LTS release seems to be... atypical and urging to look for alternatives. And no, I'm not going to talk here about the time needed to remove snapd and it now even more deeper anchored parts to deinstall.
TLDR: way back when I started with Xubuntu it was a welcome, polished, ever surprising over achiever, which gave the very broad base of ubuntu with the elegance of xfce. It was special. Today it isn't anymore, with debian+xfce, mint+xfce, even smaller distros like xebian taking over the baton. It's always sad to see an old friend deteriorate...
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 24.04
Rating: 2
Date: 2024-04-26
Votes: 10
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I am a long-time Linux user (since Red Hat 8) and I have particularly enjoyed Xubuntu for its light footprint and quickness on my middle-aged computer. I was excited to download the newest 24.04. I installed it from a .iso image and went through the normal installation steps. The process was slow and jerky. Once installed, I tried to get updates and received several errors. The terminal stated that there were packages that were not needed, so I removed them per the recommendation (autoremove). Once this was done, I could not find various apps, the software center, or other normal programs.
As I continued to use the distro, I received several notices that stated the program had an "unexpected problem" and needed to be terminated. The entire process was not at all smooth, something that I have never seen with Xubuntu. I reinstalled a fresh copy of Xubuntu 22.04 and it worked seamlessly. There were no issues at all. The familiar snappiness and stability returned.
I am so sorry that I had issues with Xubuntu 24.04. After all of the build-up to this new version, I was disappointed. I hope that there will be future bug-fix releases to make this version a much more stable product.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-10-22
Votes: 19
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I think the first distro of Linux I ever used was Ubuntu. It was certainly the first distro I ever kept for any length of time. I'm not one to buy the newest computer available, so when my machine started being slow compared to the software being offered, I switched to Xubuntu because I found XFCE faster than the old version of GNOME (that was the time period the switch happened). I ended up sticking with it for ages. I rarely went with another distro. But, at some point, it started causing me problems with laptops in particular. There were issues with screen tearing, primarily. It was fixable, but annoying. But, then the distro started slowing down. I'd install the same software -- sometimes the same versions -- on other distros and they'd run faster. Ultimately, it became an unusable situation. I'd have two partitions for comparison, I'd almost always start out with Xubuntu on a machine. But, another distro -- almost anything, also XFCE-based -- would end up faster. I'm sad to leave this one behind. It's my favorite distro, all throughout my life. But, it's no longer any of the things that made me love it to begin with. I'd come back in the blink of an eye if they fix these issues, but at this point, I'm off to other distros. I just can't take the bugginess and sluggishness anymore. That's the antithesis of what XFCE was supposed to be, to me. Great job, over the years, though. There's no distro I used more often in my life than this one. I hope some version in the future ends up being more like the Xubuntu I fell in love with ages ago. I'm definitely open to coming back to it. But, these aren't new problems, these buggy/sluggish issues go back quite a few LTS versions, now. Still, here's hoping. This was really my favorite distro for most of my life.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-17
Votes: 2
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lightweight, fast for this old netbook (acer aspire one 722, upgraded to 4GB ram, & ssd storage), simple and best of all, xbuntu comes with a minimal version which i am running. great to learn linux and break things. uninstalled snaps and further minimized by removing librewriter, etc. bare bones works fine for me. reinstalled firefox via apt since snap were deleted. tweaked firefox to run a bit faster. like i said great version (especially the minimal) to learn and practice linux. I'm not saying all is perfect, but my complaints could probably be applied to all linux distros (laggy mouse, wonky interfaces, sluggish responses), but really... i'm lucky this old netbook even runs!
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-16
Votes: 2
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I have to give Xubuntu a 10 but there's room for improvement. I give it a 10 because I have used this distro about 10 years. I switched from Ubuntu to Xubuntu where Gnome 3 entered and it removed all of my panel apps in Ubuntu 10.10. Look, those customized panel apps are gold. Everything is right there, not taking up much space or resources!
The GUI is fast, responsive, low resource. Gaming on Xubuntu is exceptional.
The desktop is so easy to customize with rotating backgrounds right out of the box. Few others do that.
On Xubuntu, you can download the Kernel from kernel.org and compile it yourself easily. I tried on Manjaro- no luck and the Kernel dev more or less mocked me for wanting to do that. Not with Xubunut. I'm running the latest bleeding edge Kernel with the latest AMD GPU modules and optimized specifically for my Ryzen 5800x.
Complaints:
* I wish some of the graphic libraries were newer. What we have now are very stable ones and that's good. However, I have an AMD GPU now and it benefits from every update!
* Like another user said, Thunar could benefit from actions. Pyrenamer's development death has meant that arranging files is a chore. I'd love to order files by EXE data and then mass rename them. That's not difficult to do. I would code something if I could. I take photos on my phone then I want to file them into folders by year. You really can't do that without some external tool like the defunct Pyrenamer. Oh well.
* We could use some bling. I have never gotten Compiz to work on Xubuntu but maybe that has since changed but we could really use that option. Linux is too beautiful and customizable to waste.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 20.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-21
Votes: 7
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I think that Xubuntu is underappreciated. Instead of complaining about snaps, remove snapd and enjoy the fact that so many things have been already configured and prepared for you.
The system is snappy and competitively light on resources. It can easily be tweaked to one's taste to a super looking and acting system.
Pros
Rich repositories, archive versions for a sentimental trip to the past. Software center. Automatically mounted partitions.
Cons
Themes, panel, icons, wallpapers, windows that have had the same uninspired look for years.
"Open as root" could have been added to Thunar actions. It's only one line of code.
Synaptic and Gparted could be there among the most important apps (maybe it's there already in newer versions?).
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-05
Votes: 8
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Where I'm coming from is Windows from 3.2 to 7, then Linux. Started with Mint 19. It was ok until I got to know Linux better, then it felt restrictive. Tried several distros and eventually settled Lubuntu 18.04. If that version were still actively supported, i'd still be there. I really do not like LXQT.
I have used Xubuntu and XFCE on and off for several releases, usually satisfactorily. There have been some not so good releases, but those were much improved one point release later.
Xubuntu 23.04 is excellent right out of the box. I did make one change: deleted Thunar and installed PCManFM.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-22
Votes: 8
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Xubuntu 23.04 Full Edition
As always Xubuntu shines. It very fast and easy to use distro.
Also what puts it apart is that it has sane defaults: It packages with `Synaptic package manager` which says a lot about Xubuntu developers: it means that they do not treat users as idiots who don't know what to do, but treat them as equals.
Pros:
- XFCE 4.18 is brand new and nice
- Xubuntu packaged and configured XFCE very well (whisker menu, dark themes, wallpapers)
- Xubuntu single panel is very easy to use and is much nicer than default XFCE 2 panel layout
- LaF is nice
- the system is stable (which is cool, cause no need to get back to 22.04)
- the system is lightweight & fast
- the default apps are awesome
Cons:
- it would be nice workspaces to be configured (by default there is only a single workspace)
- as always on XFCE need to install redshift manually (while in other desktops GNOME/KDE/Cinnamon it is bundled)
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 23.04
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-04-21
Votes: 2
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i did the upgrade form 22.10 to 23.4 with the update-manager feature. Its worked very fluid in 15 Minutes. So i did before frome 22.4 to 22.10 . So my Xubuntu is going to be like a rolling release.
I am using Xubuntu for years now. Its a working xfce with regular updates at short intervals and the small collection of features i really need.
Another plus point for me is the speed with which the computer starts up and shuts down again. This makes Xubuntu amazingly fast and so is only comparable to Artix Linux with the runit init.
Well, and there is the look and feel - strictly speaking - no look and feel. Thus, Xubuntu is really only an offer for users who always customize the desktop according to their own taste anyway, or who don't care about the appearance. I guess they could get much more users, if they would spend much more time on a good looking look and feel - there is still a lot possible.
Some points I deduct because of Snap and forcing Firefox to be Snap.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-04-16
Votes: 5
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For many years Xubuntu was my flavour of choice, but sadly 22.04 LTS is the game breaker for me. There are so many issues I even don't know where to start.
Of course, many pros that always stood out are still here, in particular in terms of configurability. On paper, that is. But in the end the problems largely outweigh the advantages, to name a few:
- Snap support for Firefox is not only bothersome but broken when it comes to sound output
- Qt and Xfce seem to have a somewhat difficult relationship, resulting in constant LMMS appimage crashes.
- The same goes for xfwm and wine.
- Lots and lots of unresolved dependencies and broken packages in the repositories that synaptic fails to resolve. I did not even know that it is possible to run into unresolved dependencies in the native distro reps. Why do they refer packages if they rely on others that are outdated or plainly missing?
- random behaviour of the session manager, asking for a login password despite autologin one out of three starts.
Thus I am calling it quits.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 20.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-03-07
Votes: 1
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I've always liked Xubuntu. I wanted it to work. Unfortunately, I began my journey with Xubuntu 22.04. It was awful, and beta. In particular, the Software Catalog was laggy and unusable. Inexplicably, I lost audio after two days. Not to be deterred, I researched the problems, and found several concurrent recommendations to instead try Xubuntu 20.04.5 LTS, and to decline any upgrades. Ah, what an improvement, this is what I imagined Xubuntu would be like. First thing I did was get rid of Snaps, before I installed any apps. I checked the Software Catalog, it was simpler, and pleasantly functional. Xubuntu runs a standard Xfce desktop, so Xubuntu was easy to configure to my liking. I had an issue with Restart. The computer would shut down, and start from off normally, but a Restart would hang during boot on a blinking cursor. Fortunately, I recognized this blinking cursor on my machine, a Core 2 Duo, so I appended the boot command line with EDD=off, then the problem went away. After that I loaded up the applications and turned this installation into a tool kit. A loaded Xubuntu booted 12 seconds faster than similar Linux Mint 21.1 Xfce. I recently needed to move data off my Android phone, so I tested my 10 Linux test distros to see which could do the task. Xubuntu performed this task better than all others, in fact, the task would have failed had I not used Xubuntu. I respect that Claude LeFebvre has declined to continue support for Snaps packaging for Linux Mint. I feel the same way. If Canonical insists on continuing that single-minded line of development, I will not be coming along for the ride. In the meantime, I will enjoy this version of Xubuntu, sans Snap, for as long as it works.
PRO
1 not buggy and laggy like Xubuntu 22.04
2 functional Software Catalog, makes a difference
3 user ability to remove Snap
4 easy config with standard Xfce desktop tools
5 relatively faster boot, with smooth and stable operation
6 large selection of applications
CON
1 older version is decidedly superior
2 EDD snag on Restart
3 Snap packager removal requires research
4 Boot menu has obsolete entries that require removal
5 possible issue with pulseaudio and ALSA working together
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 2
Date: 2022-11-22
Votes: 2
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The version of Xubuntu I replaced was plagued by Firefox constantly crashing. I did a clean install of the newest LTS release and am still experiencing the same problem. This distro is unusable. Ubuntu and its family of flavors has fallen a very long way over the last few years. Ubuntu at one time was the best-engineered, most reliable distribution available. I've used Ubuntu Mate and Xubuntu for years. No more. At least we have Distrowatch to use as a guide. It looks like I will be relying on the wisdom of the crowd and trying MX Linux, too.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2022-11-02
Votes: 4
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I recently installed the newest LTS version. Compared to the older version I replaced, what a disappointment this is. Based on the professional reviews, all flavors of Ubuntu have suffered from stability issues over the past few releases. This one is no different. Unfortunately, the panel crashes regularly. Restarting the session to restore the panel is annoying, but when the panel disappears completely and a hard restart is required, this becomes dangerous and is unacceptable. In addition, Snaps deserve all the criticism they get. If I'm trying to get work done, I regularly get confronted with a desktop notification that a new Firefox Snap has just been installed and if I don't restart Firefox, I'm likely to experience problems. This reminds me of Linux Mint, which constantly runs its software updater. This is just stupid. I wish I had installed MX Linux instead.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-25
Votes: 4
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I use Linux around 15 years and every few month i am formatting my laptop and installing new ver of Linux.
tried a lot of Ubuntu base and manjaro.
To the final were 3 Linux system
Lite 6.0 very good but always i have the feeling that something is missing don't know to say what.
Ubuntu mate 22.04 grate option and was difficult for me to choose between Xubuntu and Mate.
Xubuntu 22.04
all of them more of the same
but i have found that Xubuntu is the fastest and smooth Linux system.
it is so simple to get the theme,background and all other stuff to make this Linux as you want.
grate Ubuntu base.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-09-16
Votes: 5
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I use Linux since 2009, starting with Ubuntu and Kubuntu.
After the change to unity and gnome 3 i went to XFCE an i never regret it.
XFCE is fast, very snappy and easy to use. I like the possibilities to customize it and - after experimenting with other desktops and distributions, i came back everytime.
I like to have my own customized user interface and not a windows replacement and certainly not mac-os.
Xubuntu is my way to go, after purging snap and some other crap. I use flatpak and appimages and it works fine for me.
I will never, NEVER change back to windows. Now i am free and happy.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-09-06
Votes: 10
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Have been using versions of Xubuntu off and on for the past few years. But then I settled into a pattern of mostly using Zorin and Pop. I thought I would give the new 22.04 LTS of Xubuntu a try on a relatively new Toshiba laptop.
The installation worked very well. I'm very happy with XFCE as the DE. It seems to be pretty light on resource use and it's easy to navigate.
I liked the software/app store, and I added Snap and Snap Store to chase down a few applications. I also was able to install some deb pkgs very easily by using the built-in software install program.
I am very happy that I am easily able to install and run Devede NG program, as I have found going back to DVDs very useful for teaching, since it's a robust technology in the classrooms (so long as there are BD or DVD players that work). I have to shift back to the classroom from all that online teaching, and this is a great way to transition a lot of the content and save it too. It's easier to carry a few DVDs to class than an entire laptop with all the necessary cables.
I think this would make a great distro to put on those Win 10 computers that can't upgrade to Win 11. I tried Win 11 for a bit on two newer computers but decided that it stunk and just wiped it. Instead, Ubuntu is on the new mini-PC and Xubuntu is on the new laptop.
A light install didn't install the software store on another computer, so I had to add that. I think the better way to do it would be to do a full install, and then just use the software store and install program to uninstall the stuff you don't need (if you need to save drive space). For me, that would mean uninstalling some game apps.
Opinions and experiences vary, but of all the Ubuntu distros--Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, and Xubuntu--I would probably recommend Xubuntu the most even though I like all of them.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-08-13
Votes: 4
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I have tried several distributions, but Xubuntu is my favorite. I really like the configurability of Xfce and the small number of bugs in this distribution. I also like the lack of eye candy and the speed of the user interface.
I had previously used Linux Mint Xfce but switched to Xubuntu. One advantage is that I can download the release months sooner, thus getting the latest and greatest software. I found that I can configure Xubuntu to be as much like Linux Mint Xfce as I want, without the wait. Also, Xubuntu comes with snap, which I prefer not to use, but it came in handy for getting the latest release of the Deja Dup backup software.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-06-25
Votes: 1
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After a few years I thought I would give Xubuntu a try again.
I very recently bought a new Intel NUC, Intel Atlas Canyon NUC11ATKPE (I think Intel only started manufacturing them in March 2022, so really new Hardware), got myself 16GB RAM plus a 500 GB SSD and with this Xubuntu 22.04 was working out of the box so to speak, everything was working straight away like Monitor, Wireless, sound etc.
System is snappy, quick boot, well typical for XFCE.
However there were some niggles, otherwise I woujld have given 10/10.
For example the Network Applet kept disappearing, if I try to save panel preferences that leads to a crashed window, I tried GPG and that also seemed to crash initially with windows frozen, installing software from the Gnome Software centre is obviously possible but when then trying to uninstall from Gnome software it says that the package doesn't exist (note some software versions on Gnome software really old and not functioning that well, for example there is this fantastic Gnome Authenticator app for 2FA OTPs, but the "Xubuntu" version (version 3.x) is around 15 secs behind vs the "correct" timing, compared per other 2FA apps and the authenticator version 4.x that is now available on flatpak, I accept that this isn't the fault of Xubuntu but still...)
I have found Xubuntu on this occasion a bit more difficult to configure (repeated crashes, thank goodness for timeshift!!) than in the past (I think I had tried the 18.04 version before) ans also perhaps in contrast to Linux Mint where it seemed much less configuration was needed.
Still after some work I have a snappy, lightweight system that works very well.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-16
Votes: 6
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This is my usual go to 'buntu. It is small, light on resources and you can then install anything else you like. One problem I have heard people express with Ubuntu (the main "Buntu") is that Gnome is something of a pain. I get that. On older hardware KDE and Gnome are just non-functional because they are too much like Windows in the resource hog category. Xubuntu and Lubuntu aid with that. I will also note here that on older computers like my Gateway FX (Intel Quad Core processor) even Mate chokes a bit and has problems. Not sure if that is the older nvidia card or the processor, but Mate, Gnome and KDE are horrible on that system. Xfce, IceWM, JWM, Cinnamon (weird that Cinnamon runs, but not Mate or Gnome) and TDE (basically KDE 3.5) all run beautifully on it.
The great thing about this flavor of the 'buntus is that Xfce works and you can then install Cinnamon as a second desktop and it works too. You can also go to the Cinnamon Remix of Ubuntu, but the advantage of installing Xubuntu as the base is that you get a solid, low resource running GUI that will work on most computers. Starting out with Cinnamon or other more resource heavy GUI may result in a non-bootable or non-usable system on that old computer. With Xubuntu, if you install a heavier GUI, you have Xfce as the fallback so you can still use the system.
Also, the 'buntus are generally a good set of distros. I have come to prefer the LTS releases, however. As expected, 22.04 seems to work reasonably well. I had an issue on a Dell laptop with it working with my larger monitor that was attached via HDMI port, but I was able to find a way to fix that through the command line. One thing about the 'buntus that is hard to find elsewhere is the community support. Debian, 'buntus and Arch are three communities that are good to work with, but the 'buntu community is second to none.
Let's face it...Linux is pretty much similar across the board. If you know what you are doing, you can get Slackware to do everything Debian, Fedora, a 'buntu or any other does. The place where Xubuntu and the rest of the 'buntu line shines in support for those that are new or have only limited experience. After installing 22.04 on my laptop and having the monitor problem, I had only to go to the community and ask questions. The 'buntu community came to my aid with no muss, no fuss and no berating, insults or venom (some other distro's communities give a lot of attitude to people having questions). I had the problem fixed in a day (most of that was just waiting on a response). The solution was given in a step by step manner and the directions were easy.
Why spend time on this point? Simple. An integral necessity for any OS is tech support. One thing the 'buntus have going for them is a community that provides that tech support for free and with a real sense of kindness toward newbies.
I recommend using Xubuntu as the base for any 'buntu based system and then installing an alternate GUI (if you want one), if you are on a computer that is 5 years old or older. For the most part, though, Xfce is everything most people need in a GUI. Granted there are more polished Xfce distros out there, but most lack in the community support.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-15
Votes: 1
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Ever popular Ubuntu distro with the tried and tested, lightweight, stable and highly customizable XFCE desktop environment.
Pros:
Very polished but lightweight distro with high customization potential.
Most stable of all the Ubuntu flavors I have used.
Workflow is very intuitive for a DE with high customization potential.
Bundled apps are all neat, stable and work great, Thunar file manager, Mousepad etc.
Overall a joy to use.
Cons:
Only con for me is the lack of XFCE support for Wayland, with the roadmap not ensuring anything for the near future.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-01
Votes: 11
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Pros: A very fast, stable and beautiful distribution, that i use for both productivity and daily use.
Xfce is better than in the past.
snap slow. I like firejail for sandboxing.
sudo apt autoremove --purge snapd
sudo apt-mark hold snapd
I downloaded Firefox-esr tarball from Mozilla website and unpack it in /opt/
and manually create a firefox-esr.desktop shortcut in /usr/share/applications/
That's it.
After any release of new version - (Help -> about) -, i delete the old firefox folder in /opt/ and download the new tarball version and unpack it in /opt/
Cons: Nothing.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-05-15
Votes: 33
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Xubuntu was the first distro distribution I really warmed to and loved to use as a daily-driver, back in the days of 16.04. However, after a while I thought, I maybe could find something better and hopped around a bit, but never got used to another operatingsystem, the way I got used to Xubuntu. With the release of 22.04, I suddenly thought about giving Xubuntu another spin and all I can say is: Wow! I haven't had a single issue with it and have yet to come across any bugs. Everything is incredibly light on resources, fast and responsive and the system is extremely reliable. It just gets out of the way and it's such a joy to work with Xubuntu 22.04! I certainly won't switch away any time soon and Xubuntu got me back as a happy user.
I'd really like to thank the devs for their great work and highly recommend Xubuntu 22.04 to everyone. Especially if you need to get actual work done and are looking for a set-and-forget OS, Xubuntu is definitely worth considering.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-05-08
Votes: 55
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Xubuntu is back! The last ~4 years I've found all the *buntus a bit buggy and..."finicky". 22.04 has been a solid and trouble free release for me. The best since about 16.04. I am not fond of the "forced" snap packages and really not liking the Firefox snap preinstalled (Firefox is fine, just not a snap version), but it's not too much trouble to remove all that and put it back the way I like it.
Other than that I find Xubuntu to be the closest Xfce distro to what I want, not to stripped or too bloated. So it is really not too much hassle to remove a couple unwanted things (snaps, gigolo, timeshift), then add a few more that I use. This is the first *buntu in a few years that I did not have to go hunting for ways to fix several things right after install. Looking at you Nvidia
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-05-05
Votes: 38
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Xubuntu is still one of the best distributions. Very stable and fast. If someone doesn't like snap, they can easily remove it and use flatpak or appimages. As for Firefox, you can download a tarball from the Mozilla website, create a directory in your home directory and unpack it there. It will update itself. You will only need to create a shortcut manually. Or install Librewolf from a flatpak. Xubuntu is also one of the best distros for gamers. Now I use two Debians (64 bit and 32 bit) Xubuntu, PopOS. I used also Arch, Void, MX, Sparky, Antix, Arco, Parrot, Slackware, EndevourOS, Mint, Peppermint and a few more. So... yes, Xubuntu - very good Linux, but may be not for begginers now,
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-05-03
Votes: 2
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First was Chromium and now Firefox. "Firefox is now a snap..." .. i am out
I dont like PPA's; less stability and security .. (generaly speaking )
Than cons: snap, snap, snap!
Why they force us to adopt snap? give us the choice!
You will see,
May be the clever Mint is an alternative. or the excellente Q4Os
Ubuntu and official flavors ( X, K, L, ...) are very stable but tend to follow wind$ road..
My adventure with Xubuntu stop here. for me, it was the best Xfce based desktop. Yes "drastic" but very stable, light, install and forguet . But now..
Not for newbies and lot of work before use and not secure by default!
English is not my native language. Sory :)
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-27
Votes: 41
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I've installed Xubuntu 22.04 on a Dell Latitude E 7250. Very good and very fast. No crash or bug since I installed it. I started by Ubuntu 22.04 but there was stuttering on the right side of the screen. So, I went Xubuntu route. No tearing. Since the computer is for work, I didn't watch movies on it.
For me, Ubuntu base is needed for stability. The computer is for data analysis and report writing 8 to 10 hours a day, so I must set it up and forget. I downloaded Firefox and Vivaldi and I removed all things related to snap (sudo apt autoremove --purge snapd). I removed LibreOffice (crash often) and installed OnlyOffice. There are other data analysis professional softwares installed on it (R, Anaconda, SPSS) and one through wine (Stata). One more thing I really appreciate is the default wallpaper, it is very nice.
I have stability, reliability, beauty, efficiency, and speed. So, 10.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-22
Votes: 35
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I installed Xubuntu 22.04 in Gnome Boxes to test drive it before committing to full blown desktop install. During the installation, I selected "minimal" which doesn't load a lot of applications that I would just remove anyway. So far, so good. It hasn't changed much from 20.04 except for Firefox is now a snap, and for some reason, a Chromium snap .desktop file is in /usr/share/applications, but it still requires installation. I'm not a fan of snaps, so I installed Brave. Otherwise, any Xubuntu fan will find the same dependable system they are used to.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 21.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-03
Votes: 2
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I like speed and straight forward operation.
Xubuntu 21.10 is the best distro since Lubuntu 18.04 (LXDE). I stayed with Lubuntu until 18.04.5, when things didn't quite work right. I would have continued with Lubuntu but can not stand LXQT and its needless complexity.
Spec:
Intel Core i5
16GB ram
512GB SSD
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 20.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-02-25
Votes: 2
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Amazing distro.
Stable. Runs almost perfectly on the ancient 14 yo Asus X51 RL laptop!
For me, this distro is more stable than Lubuntu.
Spec:
Pentium Dual-core T2330
2GB ram
Radeon X1100
120 Gb SSD on SATA 1 slot :)
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 21.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-01-22
Votes: 4
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Very happy to use this kind of Ubuntu. It is fast, stable and easy to use.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 21.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-12-27
Votes: 4
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XFCE and Ubuntu is highly recommended after Windows 7 use.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 20.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-26
Votes: 6
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Like most everyone, you come from the Windows world and like me, you want to find a familiar and very configurable desktop environment; Xfce of course! reliable, fluid, very stable, not complicated! Xubuntu LTS will be forgotten for 3 years to better focus on productivity, surfing, leisure ..., It is a light and very malleable distribution with regular updates; security and others.
I have tried quite a few distributions, notably based on the Xfce environment, and I still find problems that bother me; like some dependencies when I want to uninstall or install programs and I don't like exotic repositories .. other than those from, Debian and Buntu; for various reasons ... therefore, I always come back to Xubuntu LTS, and there, I finally understood that it is the best alternative, which I do not regret since version 16.04.
The essential is there. We uninstall the little that we don't need and we install a few more applications as needed; synaptic is very easy to learn.
security side, the UFW firewall is there, AppArmor is there, we can add Firejail.
What else? objectively? deserves to be ranked higher!
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 21.10
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-16
Votes: 2
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Another sensational flavor , for old PC, that works perfectly.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 20.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2021-10-10
Votes: 8
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I have tried most of the well known distros and settle on this one. I run it on both my laptops.
- XFCE is just the best
- LTS is crucial for me
- And everything works out of the box including media codecs.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 20.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-09-22
Votes: 1
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If you are a fan of Xfce you will also love this distribution. Easy to install, god selection of default apps, efficient and lean to your machine and beautiful. My favourite of all distributions!
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 20.04
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-09-01
Votes: 1
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I picked up a older notebook about ten years old. Its got a Intel 3427u Ivy Bridge CPU, 8 GB RAM and I replaced a spin drive with a Sata SSD. Been trying several Linux distro's and even Neverware CloudReady OS
A Chrome OS clone that runs Chromium OS. All of them run perfectly fine but a tad slow because in fact they are developed for today's hardware not that of a decade ago. Thought I would try a Xfce desktop Linux to see if performance improved. Actually I do notice the desktop performance improving but apps like Firefox actually are slower at least when I can perform some tests. Then you have the trouble of browsers hit or miss on hardware acceleration and I feel like things go south from there. Not saying Linux desktops are all terrible. But in the end only the desktop environments really have any bearing on performance. I will say so far the hardware in this notebook seems very friendly to all Linux distro's I have tried. But is there a Goldilocks distro that really works well, isn't buggy, has long term support and still tweaks older hardware? I always feel that using a Linux desktop OS feels like a second class OS compared to a Mac OS or Windows. Nothing really un-kept but also nothing really that stands out either.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 20.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-08-18
Votes: 0
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After trying several distros that all failed to complete installation, *replacing* ChromeOS, on a Dell Chromebook (incl: Debian 10 and Gallium OS - the latter supposedly optimised/the best for the Chromebook h/w) I tried Xubuntu, seeking a Goldilocks option and, indeed, everything worked perfectly except, as predicted, sound. Despite trying every suggested fix, I gave up and settled for bluetooth with ear buds when sound really is required (though even then the bluetooth is a bit patchy at times). Other than that, the stable 20.04 Xubuntu runs sweetly on the
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 21.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-08-12
Votes: 5
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I tested both minimal and full installations of Xubuntu. It's a very polished distro, and leaves nothing left to be desired. Recently, I have been trying out several Ubuntu based distros and have come to the conclusion that they are all similarly good in 2021. 15-20 years ago, the differences were quite significant in terms of stability and practicality, but it's not the case anymore, because what is under the hood has improved so much, and the implementation has also improved a lot. Xubuntu is as good as any other Ubuntu based distro, just lighter. It boots within seconds on SSD. It's the fastest booting Ubuntu based system that I have used so far. I am very pleased with it.
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 20.04
Rating: 2
Date: 2021-06-27
Votes: 3
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Like the reviewer beneath me, i've been running Linux since the late 90's. Started with Redhat 5.0 and Corel Linux.(Dependency Hell, but a fortunate simplicity, and reliability nevertheless)
Downloaded 20.04 from Australian mirror today - AARNET. Installation went ok apart from confusion over correct mount point syntax, not explained with a tool-tip in the installer. Hints would be nice.
Similar experience to review before me. Looks great after boot, everything working fine.
Installed updates from closer official mirror here in NZ, in terms of hops, and after patches are applied (not a full upgrade), I'm greeted with a permanent hard lock in XFCE I cannot get out of, which seems to be a blank screensaver with a working mouse pointer. Control-Alt-Backspace won't drop to system shell, despite being enabled at install. Cannot turn off without forced hardware powerdown - bios override by holding power key for 5 seconds.
Utterly hopeless, and I've had far better stability with Q4OS, Devuan, and for that matter Puppy FatDog-64. If you're looking for a 'lite' distro, I'd recommend those apart from Fatdog 64, which is fast but lacks easy updates. Those 2 recommendations, do require some tweaking though out of the box. For example Q4OS won't preview thumbnails of image files without installing a plugin for KDE derived TDE window manager. However Q4 boots much faster than Xubuntu, and does not lock after normal updates. Devuan is bearable if you can tolerate Openbox window manager, which is not my cup of tea. Best of luck !
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 21.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-06-13
Votes: 2
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Pros: Looks good, worked well (until it didn't)
Cons: Download/installed updates on 11 Jun, now will not run more than a few minutes without locking up.
I installed Kubuntu in February. It locked up repeatedly and the only way to get out was to power cycle. Rather than spend a lot of time trying to figure out the problem, I installed Xubuntu, and was VERY happy with it.....until updates were pushed out 11 Jun, which I installed; now I have the same problem I had with Kubuntu. I've gone through Lubuntu, Kubuntu, and now, Xubuntu, and they all have issues. My first Linux was RedHat, about 22 years ago, I'm thinking of trying it again, or maybe CentOS,
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 20.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-05-30
Votes: 14
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The best distribution ever.
Very easy to use, strong, lite and secure.
gMTP is awesome.
I enjoy it for daily use since 16.04 LTS
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Project: Xubuntu
Version: 21.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-05-13
Votes: 3
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I installed this non LTS version expecting a number of glitches and annoyances. I was wrong. It runs every bit as good as 20.04, slightly more responsive & with up to date packages. Congrats to the Xubuntu team. As others have said, theming leaves a lot to be desired, I head straight over to xfcelook.org and download the Qogir theme & icons. Other than that easily put right thing, installs and runs brilliantly.
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