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Xubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn has been released. No big news to report, but here's some changes/highlights: New Xfce Power Manager plugin is added to the panel Items in the newly themed alt-tab dialog can now be clicked with the mouse pkexec instead of gksu XChat removed and Inxi added to default installed applications. Get it here. You can download the new Xubuntu via Torrent or HTTP. If possible choose Torrent to not overload the servers. References Xubuntu 14.10 released! | Xubuntu.org

The official support for Ubuntu 13.10, and its derivatives, ended July 17, 2014 (9 months after its release). So it will no longer receive system updates. If you are still using Xubuntu 13.10 it's recommended that you upgrade to Xubuntu 14.04, which is long term supported. Here I described how to upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04, but the instructions are the same to upgrade 13.10 to 14.04. References Time to Upgrade: Ubuntu 13.10 Support Ends Today

Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr has been released. It is a long-term-supported (LTS) release and will be supported for 3 years. Here are the highlights of this release: Light Locker replaces xscreensaver for screen locking, a setting editing GUI is included The panel layout is updated, and now uses Whiskermenu as the default menu Mugshot is included to allow you to easily edit your personal preferences MenuLibre for menu editing, with full Xfce support, replaces Alacarte A community wallpapers package, which includes work from the five winners of the wallpaper contest GTK Theme Config to customize your desktop theme colors Updated artwork, including various enhancements to themes as well as a new default wallpaper Download it HERE! References Xubuntu 14.04 released!

The Ubuntu One cloud syncing service will no longer be provided after 1 June 2014. Here's some quotes from their website: We are sorry to notify you that we will be shutting down the Ubuntu One file services, effective 1 June 2014. It is no longer possible to purchase storage or music from the Ubuntu One store. The Ubuntu One file services apps in the Ubuntu, Google, and Apple stores have been removed. As always, your content belongs to you. If you have already uploaded any content you can simply download your files onto your PC or an external hard drive. While the service will stop as of 1 June, you will have an additional two months (until 31 July 2014) to collect all of your content. After that date, all remaining content will be deleted. Customers who have an active annual subscription will have their unused fees refunded. References Ubuntu One: Shutdown notice Canonical Blog

Xubuntu 14.04 Beta 2 has been released and it is the last beta until the final LTS release. It can be downloaded here . References Xubuntu 14.04 Final Beta

Xubuntu 14.04 is the next LTS (long-term supported) release and the first beta is now released and can be downloaded here . Bellow are the main highlights and known issues. Highlights Light Locker replaces xscreensaver for screen locking, a setting editing GUI is included The panel layout is updated, and now uses Whiskermenu as the default menu Mugshot is included to allow you to easily edit your personal preferences MenuLibre for menu editing, with full Xfce support, replacing Alacarte A community wallpapers package, which includes work from the five winners of the wallpaper contest GTK Theme Config to customize your desktop theme colors Updated artwork, including numerous enhancements to themes Known Issues xfdesktop crashes after logging in to the desktop Thunar doesn’t automatically mount removable devices and media Network shares aren’t shown on the desktop Wallpaper selection dialogue empty References Xubuntu 14.04 Beta 1

Xubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander has been released! The main changes are: A new version of xfce4-settings has been uploaded, bringing amongst other things a new dialog to set up your displays A tool for changing your theme colors easily, gtk-theme-config, has been added to the default installation New wallpaper New releases of our Gtk themes (with Gtk3.10 support) as well as the LightDM greeter, fixing many visual bugs Updated documentation Xubuntu 13.10 can be downloaded here . If you rather upgrade Xubuntu 13.04 to 13.10 see this article (even though it's written for upgrading 12.10 to 13.04, the process is exactly the same). References Xubuntu.org

Xubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander is now in its beta stages. The development team is seeking people to test and identify bugs. To report a bug use the automatic crash reporting or run the application ubuntu-bug it that fails. Here's some of the highlights from this release: New version of xfce4-settings with a new dialog to set up your monitors Improved themes with Gtk3.8 support and bugfixes A new tool to change your theme colors, gtk-theme-config (not installed by default, yet) Updated version of Gnumeric The Beta 1 image can be downloaded here . The final released is due October 17, 2013. References Xubuntu Saucy Salamander Beta 1

Transmission 2.81 has been released. This is a bug-fix released. Here's some of the fixes: Fix 2.80 bug that showed the incorrect status for some peers Better handling of announce errors returned by some trackers Fixed minor memory leaks .desktop file improved Slightly better compression of png files for the Web Client Install Open a terminal window and run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa -y && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install transmission -y References Transmission 2.81 Changes

Xubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail has been released! The main changes are: Gnumeric and GIMP are reintroduced on the ISO New application versions: Catfish 0.6.3 and Parole 0.5.0 with many bug fixes Updates for the Greybird theme and a new wallpaper Duplicate partitions are no longer shown on desktop or Thunar Updated documentation Xubuntu 13.04 can be downloaded here . You'll need a USB device or a DVD in order to install. References Xubuntu.org

VLC has received an important update. Here's the main changes of version 2.0.6 'Twoflower': Regressions of the 2.0.x branch of VLC fixed. Support for Matroska v4 files. Fixes for MKV, Ogg, AVI, WMV, HTTPS and subtitles support. Improvements of the D-Bus and MPRIS2 interfaces. Upgrade Open a terminal window and run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily -y && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y References VideoLan.org

Xubuntu 13.04 Beta 2 has been released. Xubuntu 13.04 is mostly a maintenance release, and there won’t be too many new features. In Beta 2, we’ve fixed the following bugs: Documentation is updated to 13.04 New version of Catfish (0.6.1) is included and fixes a lot of bugs More updates for the Greybird theme In addition, new features and bug fixes introduced in Beta 1 and earlier include: Gnumeric and GIMP are reintroduced New version of Parole (0.5.0) is included Duplicate partitions are no longer shown on desktop or Thunar Some updates for the Greybird theme Beta 2 is not suitable for production machines because is still unstable and is available here. References Xubuntu Beta 2 is out! « Xubuntu

The size of the ISO file for the next Xubuntu release (13.04 Raring Ringtail) will no longer fit a CD. The size is being increased to 1GB and the ISO will include once again GIMP and Gnumeric. References Xubuntu goes 1GB for Raring, GIMP and Gnumeric are back

Fifefox 19 Beta has been released and now PDF files can be viewed in the web-browser using a native viewer written in Javascript. Actually, this is a experimental feature that has been available and could be toggled on, but it's enabled by default in Firefox 19. Install Firefox 19 Beta Open a terminal window and run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next -y && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox References Firefox 19 Beta Brings JavaScript-Based PDF Viewer

The new development release of Thunar, the Xubuntu's default file manger, adds support for tabs browsing. Release notes for 1.5.1: Interesting release for a lot of users since this releases introduces the much-requested tabs in Thunar . Furthermore the new side pane has some important bugs fixed, the tool bar had a cleanup and is much more compact now and there is a permanent delete option. There are also various speed optimizations in thumbnail/icon handling and a number of bugs fixed. Here's how to install it in Xubuntu: link . References ANNOUNCE: thunar 1.5.1 released

This information has been rumored and now it's official: there will be no Alpha releases, not even a Release Candidate, for Ubuntu 13.04. However, according to Ubuntu's Release Schedule , Ubuntu flavors will still get a Alpha 1, Alpha 2, Beta 1 and a Beta 2 releases. This includes Xubuntu. The Beta will released on March 28, 2013 and the final release is scheduled to April 25, 2013. References It’s Official: Ubuntu 13.04 Will Drop Alpha Releases

Xubuntu 12.10, codenamed Quantal Quetzal, has been released! Xubuntu 12.10 will be supported for 18 months. Download Xubuntu 12.10 here! New features Xfce 4.10 Completely rewritten offline documentation In the application menu, all settings-related launchers are now grouped under the Settings Manager Updated artwork, including new wallpaper, documentation looks and updates to LightDM, Greybird and Ubiquity slideshow New versions of Catfish and Parole Notable bug fixes No more window traces or “black on black” in installer Known issues The messaging indicator is not available for 12.10 Duplicated partitions might be shown at Thunar sidebar and the desktop References Xubuntu 12.10 is out!

Xubuntu 12.10 Beta 2 has been released. New features include: Updated artwork, including new wallpaper, documentation looks and updates to LightDM, Greybird and Ubiquity slideshow Completely reviewed and rewritten offline documentation New versions of Catfish and Parole Notable bug fixes include: ISO now fits on a standard 700M CD No more window traces or “black on black” in installer Known issues: The messaging indicator is not available for 12.10 Duplicated partitions might be shown at Thunar sidebar and desktop Click to download Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Beta 2 References Introducing Xubuntu 12.10 Beta 2

Xubuntu 12.10 will be released on 18th of October, 2012. The countdown banners are in the works. References @Xubuntu

Even though Ubuntu has reached Beta 1, there'll be no Beta 1 release for Xubuntu. The Xubuntu team is working on fitting the image on a single CD, tackling outstanding bugs and fixing some visual regressions. If all of this gets done we'll have access to a Beta 2 release. Using a Daily Build Image is possible to test the work in progress. Click to download Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Daily Build References No Quantal Beta 1 for Xubuntu