Ubuntu: Up and Running

Xubuntu

Xubuntu is not a supported edition of Ubuntu, but it is a recognized derivative, which means that Canonical evaluates and assists with its development but doesn’t provide support for it. Luckily, you probably won’t need much support, as it’s just as easy to use as the other editions, if not more so due to the simplicity of its design.

Figure 15-6 shows a typical Xubuntu desktop, which is similar to GNOME (having the Applications and Places menus at the top left), but is actually based on the Xfce desktop manager.

Figure 15-6. A typical Xubuntu desktop

Did you notice that there is no System menu shown in the screen grab? This is deliberate, because the developers of Xubuntu have decided to make this edition as fast and easy to use as possible, and also difficult for users to modify settings accidentally. This makes it ideal for installing on the computer of a novice user or on older computers with less powerful hardware.

Now that you know how to use Ubuntu from reading previous chapters, you’ll find that you also already know Xubuntu. But if you need any further information on this edition, you can visit the home page at http://xubuntu.org.