Xubuntu 8.10 + Xfce 4.6: Screenshots

If GNOME feels like it is too bulky and KDE is not the Linux desktop answer that you are looking for, then you should consider the Xubuntu distribution that ships with the Xfce desktop.

Long overshadowed by its GNOME and KDE-based brethren, Xubuntu is a handy Ubuntu solution for older PCs or for users that want a lighter desktop footprint.

Xfce has changed a great deal over its history; originally intended to be a CDE-clone, Xfce has morphed into a GTK+-based desktop that is best explained to neophytes as "Gnome-lite". Some of the GNOME applications that you would be used to have been replaced in Xfce, presumably to maintain the smallest footprint possible.

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If you've ever installed another Ubuntu distribution, you will not be surprised by the screen that greets you after booting off of the install CD.

(Credit: Chris Duckett/ZDNet.com.au)

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Photo gallery is awful Anonymous -- 13/03/09

Sorry guys but clicking on each picture and having the page reload is a real pain.
Can't you embed a nice AJAX photo gallery in there?

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@anonymous Anonymous -- 13/03/09 (in reply to #320125585)

sadly it has been thta way forever and they have had multiple people complain about it, doesnt seem like they have any intention of changing it

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xfce? Anonymous -- 13/03/09

I've tried out xubuntu and must say: ok, it is xfce, with a lot of gnome utilities. the login manager is kde (kdm) and the installer is also gnome...
I just want to show, it isn't 100% xfce and that can be rather annoying...
(ok, afaik this currently also isn't possible, but if I'm wrong please correct me)

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XFCE 4.4.2 Anonymous -- 14/03/09

I have just downloaded and run the latest Xubuntu 8.10 installer. Sorry to say that it comes with XFCE 4.4.2, NOT 4.6.

In fact, you have to add the intrepid-backports repository to even get 4.6 (included in Jaunty or 9.04).

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They upgrade later Anonymous -- 14/03/09 (in reply to #320125638)

Later on in the images, you see them upgrade to Xfce 4.6.

Maybe you should have looked at them all first.

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zenwalk? tony -- 14/03/09

It doesn't compare to Zenwalk. If you really want to experience XFCE and the real power and simplicity of linux, give Zenwalk a try.
-t

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