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Help & Support Local communities Possibly the easiest way to get help with If you want to learn more about Xubuntu, Xubuntu is to join our support Internet but would rather do it in your own Relay Chat (IRC) channel, #xubuntu on the language, don't worry! There are many local Freenode IRC network. To do this, navigate communities around the world who to xubuntu.org/irc to join the channel via a organize all kind of events to spread the web interface or use your favorite IRC client. word and help other people. You can even contribute back to Ubuntu via your local An easy to use, Official documentation is shipped with each community. elegant, release of Xubuntu. Find it by navigating the main menu and selecting Help. In addition, To find your local community, go to customizable the documentation is available online at loco.ubuntu.com. docs.xubuntu.org. and lightweight 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 All content is licensed by CC-BY-SA unless otherwise specified. how you can do it at xubuntu.org/ contribute. Flyer content © 2013–2015 Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph, Pasi Lallinaho and Rich Dennis. Community photo Read on to find out why © 2012 Sean Sosik-Hamor. All logos are the property of By the community, for the community their respective owners. The Xfce mouse is released Xubuntu may be the perfect Xubuntu is a completely volunteer-driven 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 Xubuntu is an officially recognizedflavor of Like Ubuntu, Xubuntu uses the Software applications for the most common tasks Ubuntu, featuring the Xfce Desktop Center to search for and install new performed by a desktop system. Environment instead of Unity, and with a software, such as new games, productivity different selection of default applications tools, themes, fonts and other accessories The applications and settings shipped by and configuration. Xubuntu benefits from to customize your experience. Software default are carefully selected, resulting in a the broad hardware support in Ubuntu – updates are automatically handled by the seamless and stable system. Some of the most devices should "just work" when Software Updater. default applications include: plugging them in. What does the word Ubuntu mean? The word Ubuntu is an ancient African Firefox® for web browsing, Thunderbird® The Xubuntu desktop covers both ends of term that can be roughly translated to for email and Pidgin for instant messaging. the usability spectrum: the default settings "humanity towards others" are carefully selected to produce unified LibreOffice Writer for word processing and and simple experience for the novice while Programs from other desktop LibreOffice Calc for spreadsheets. allowing a full range of customizations for environments can be used with Xubuntu, it the advanced user. is designed to be flexible, and to allow the Customizability is one of the strengths of user choices. However, bringing in Xubuntu. In addition to the deciding which What is Xfce? programs from GNOME or KDE introduces applications to use, you can easily control dependencies, which can slow down the many more aspects of the operating system Xfce stands for “XForms Common Xubuntu experience, which has become and make it look and work as you like by Environment” and been polished by known for being stable and speedy. using the Settings Manager shipped with seventeen years of development. Xfce uses Xubuntu. This flexibility also allows users to the Xfwm window manager, and has While a lot of software is available from the customize what services are loaded on spawned several of its own projects, Software Center, sometimes you might startup and more so your session can be including: Xfce terminal (terminal emulator), want to venture outside the usual. In this crafted to meet your requirements and Xfburn (CD and DVD burning program), case, you can add more software sources, make the most out of your hardware. Orage (calendar), Parole (media player) and called repositories. Some software also Thunar (file manager). offers downloadable “.deb” files for Ubuntu Finally, Xubuntu partners with a project to on their websites, these can almost always develop and maintain a clean, elegant You can learn more about Xfce and their be used for Xubuntu too! theme that evolves with each release to give projects on the Xfce website at xfce.org. users a fresh, modern look that they have Based on Debian and Linux Ubuntu is based on Debian, a free come to expect from today’s operating Lightweight and fast! operating system started in 1993. systems. The Xfce mascot is a mouse, which In addition to Debian, the Linux kernel is an also inspired the Xubuntu logo important part of the operating system..