Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Xubuntu

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Xubuntu

Everything you ever wanted to know about Xubuntu Presented for Felton LUG 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead Elizabeth Krumbach – Linux Systems Administrator – Ubuntu Community Council Member – Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead – Xfce user since 2004 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 2 What is Xubuntu? – Recognized flavor of Ubuntu – Based on the Xfce desktop environment – Uses a suite of default applications geared toward being user-friendly and lighter- weight than those which come with standard Ubuntu 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 3 Xubuntu History – The xubuntu-desktop package first appears in Ubuntu 5.10, installs Xfce desktop – Xubuntu 6.06 LTS is first official release – Former Project Leads: Jani Monoses, Cody A.W. Somerville, Lionel Le Folgoc, Charlie Kravetz – Current Project Lead: Pasi Lallinaho 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 4 Xubuntu 6.06 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 5 Xubuntu 8.04 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 6 Xubuntu 10.04 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 7 Xubuntu 12.04 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 8 How do you make Xubuntu? – Design and discuss plan for the 6-month release cycle, including any changes to default applications and more – Sync from Debian: Xfce packages, many default applications – Apply merges which apply the existing Xubuntu changes on top of the Debian packages – Apply other Xubuntu-specific changes: default applications, layout, wallpaper, theming, general appearance – Fix bugs – Test, test, test! And fix more bugs. – Work with Ubuntu QA and Release teams to finalize release 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 9 Core Areas of Development – Programming and Packaging – Quality Assurance – Translation and Localization – Marketing, Promotion & Artwork – Support and Documentation 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 10 Programming and Packaging – Join (#)xubuntu-devel mailing list and channel – Contribute to Xfce packaging team in Debian – Write and backport patches for bugs and security – Fix build failures with new toolchains – Maintain backports (and sometimes PPAs) – Make upstream contributions to Xfce and other default applications 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 11 Quality Assurance – File bugs – Triage bugs – Work with upstream on fixes – Test development versions of Xubuntu 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 12 Translation and Localization – Contribute upstream to translating Xfce and default applications – Contribute to broader Ubuntu-based translations teams – Test development versions for complete translations, proper non-US keyboard settings and other localized changes 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 13 Marketing, Promotion & Artwork – Help with current Marketing initiatives – Get involved with your local Ubuntu team – Give a talk at your LUG (well, maybe some other LUG...) – Contribute to shimmerproject.org for the default Xubuntu themes – Contribute to Xfce-Look.org – Attend meetings to voice your opinion on proposed changes to artwork, wallpaper and other visual elements 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 14 Support and Documentation – Give user support on the xubuntu-users mailing list or #xubuntu on IRC – Volunteer when calls for documentation help are sent to the xubuntu-devel list – Contribute to upstream Xfce or default application documentation 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 15 Xubuntu 12.10 – Xfce 4.10 – Gimp 2.8 – gThumb 3.0 – Improved GTK3 support for Xubuntu's default themes 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 16 Xfce 4.10 – New application finder – Alternative vertical display mode for panel – Panel applets can be arranged in multiple rows – New MIME type editor – Thumbnail support on desktop – Tile when dragged to edges support – http://xfce.org/about/tour 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 17 Demonstration of 12.10 (well, hopefully, we are in Alpha 2...) 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 18 Questions and Contact – [email protected] – @pleia2 on Twitter (and IRC, Facebook...) – http://www.princessleia.com/ 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 19 Credits – Screenshots from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xubuntu – Slide template by Pasi Lallinaho – Reviewers: Micah Gersten, Simon Steinbeiß, Pasi Lallinaho 2012-07-14 Elizabeth Krumbach (@pleia2), Xubuntu Web and Marketing Lead 20.

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