Help & Support Local communities

Possibly the easiest way to get help with If you want to learn more about Xubuntu, but Xubuntu is to join our support Internet Relay would rather do it in your own language, don't Chat (IRC) channel, #xubuntu on the Freenode worry! There are many local communities IRC network. To do this, navigate to around the world who organize all kind of xubuntu.org/irc to join the channel via a web events to spread the word and help other An easy to use, interface or use your favorite IRC client. people. You can even contribute back to Ubuntu via your local community. elegant, Official documentation is shipped with each release of Xubuntu. Find it by navigating the To find your local community, go to customizable main menu and selecting Help. In addition, the loco.ubuntu.com. and lightweight documentation is available online at docs.xubuntu.org. operating system.

Furthermore, we have many more support methods available, including a mailing list and a Frequently Asked Questions section on our website. For the complete list of support methods, navigate to xubuntu.org/help.

Contribute to Xubuntu

Xubuntu is always looking for new developers, artists, technical writers, reviewers and more to join the community! Learn more about the what you can do and how you can do it at All content is licensed by CC-BY-SA unless otherwise specified. xubuntu.org/contribute.

Flyer content © 2013–2015 Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph, Pasi Lallinaho and Rich Dennis. Community photo © 2012 Sean Read on to find out why By the community, for the community Sosik-Hamor. All logos are the property of their respective Xubuntu may be the perfect Xubuntu is a completely volunteer-driven owners. The Xfce mouse is released under the LGPL license. project that depends upon talents from operating system for you. people such as yourself to contribute. No Any questions, comments or feedback may be mailed to one is paid to work directly on Xubuntu. [email protected]. What can I do with Xubuntu? In the Ubuntu ecosystem Software in Xubuntu

Xubuntu comes preinstalled with applications Xubuntu is an officially recognized flavor of Like Ubuntu, Xubuntu uses the Software for the most common tasks performed by a Ubuntu, featuring the Xfce Desktop Center to search for and install new software, desktop system. Environment instead of Unity, and with a such as new games, productivity tools, themes, different selection of default applications and fonts and other accessories to customize your The applications and settings shipped by configuration. Xubuntu benefits from the broad experience. Software updates are automatically default are carefully selected, resulting in a hardware support in Ubuntu – most devices handled by the Software Updater. seamless and stable system. Some of the should "just work" when plugging them in. default applications include: What does the word Ubuntu mean? The Xubuntu desktop covers both ends of the The word Ubuntu is an ancient African Firefox® for web browsing, Thunderbird® for usability spectrum: the default settings are term that can be roughly translated to email and Pidgin for instant messaging. carefully selected to produce unified and "humanity towards others" simple experience for the novice while allowing LibreOffice Writerfor word processing and a full range of customizations for the advanced Programs from other desktop environments LibreOffice Calc for spreadsheets. user. can be used with Xubuntu, it is designed to be flexible, and to allow the user choices. Customizability is one of the strengths of What is Xfce? However, bringing in programs from GNOME or Xubuntu. In addition to the deciding which KDE introduces dependencies, which can slow applications to use, you can easily control many Xfce stands for “XForms Common Environment” down the Xubuntu experience, which has more aspects of the operating system and and been polished by seventeen years of become known for being stable and speedy. make it look and work as you like by using the development. Xfce uses the Xfwm window Settings Manager shipped with Xubuntu. This manager, and has spawned several of its own While a lot of software is available from the flexibility also allows users to customize what projects, including: Xfce terminal (terminal Software Center, sometimes you might want to services are loaded on startup and more so emulator), Xfburn (CD and DVD burning venture outside the usual. In this case, you can your session can be crafted to meet your program), Orage (calendar), Parole (media add more software sources, called repositories. requirements and make the most out of your player) and Thunar (file manager). Some software also offers downloadable “.deb” hardware. files for Ubuntu on their websites, these can You can learn more about Xfce and their almost always be used for Xubuntu too! Finally, Xubuntu partners with a project to projects on the Xfce website at xfce.org. develop and maintain a clean, elegant theme Based on Debian and Linux that evolves with each release to give users a Ubuntu is based on Debian, a free fresh, modern look that they have come to Lightweight and fast! operating system started in 1993. The Xfce mascot is a mouse, which In addition to Debian, the Linux kernel is an expect from today’s operating systems. also inspired the Xubuntu logo important part of the operating system.