 About Xubuntu
Xubuntu is an official variant of Ubuntu
which is specifically targeted at old or low-end
machines.
This is primarily achieved by using the Xfce
desktop environment rather
than the memory intensive GNOME
or KDE.
Memory requirements are
also reduced by using mostly GTK+ 2, helping to reduce the number of
libraries. This helps to reduce the memory requirement to
just
128 MB RAM, significantly lower than Ubuntu
or Kubuntu.
To run the Desktop CD (LiveCD + Install CD), you need 128 MB RAM to run
or 192 MB RAM to install. The Alternate Install CD only required you to
have 64 MB RAM.
Xubuntu 7.10
Key Facts
Developer:
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Canonical
Ltd and
community developers
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Price:
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Free to
download
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Released:
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18
October 2007
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Installation
Media:
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CD (1) -
ISO,
Torrent, and
Jigdo
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Architectures
supported:
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x386,
x86-64
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Package
Management:
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Adept
Package Manager
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Official
Website:
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www.xubuntu.org
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Other Features include:
- Xubuntu System Tools for GUI system administration
- Abiword,
a lightweight, but full-featured word
processing
application
- Thunderbird,
Mozilla's stand-out email application
- Pidgin,
an instant messenging client formerly
known
as gaim, compatible with the Yahoo!, AOL, MSN, Jabber, and IRC
networks.
- Xfce4-terminal,
a full-featured terminal application
- Mousepad, a lightweight text editor
- Orage, an i-cal compliant calendering application
- Xfburn for creating cd's and dvd's
- Numerous Xfce panel plugins, including plugins for weather
reports, system information, and more
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Last Updated Saturday, March 22 2008 @ 08:38 AM EST
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