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<h2 class="title">About Xubuntu</h2>
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<p> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="/usr/share/xubuntu-docs/about/XubuntuLogo.png" /></span> </p>
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<p>The aim of the Xubuntu community
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project is to provide a nice Ubuntu desktop experience (even on older
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hardware) by using Xfce4 as the desktop environment and GTK+ 2
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applications wherever possible.</p>
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<p>The Ubuntu project, which Xubuntu is based on, is built
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on the ideas enshrined in the
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Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge,
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that software tools should be usable by people in their local language,
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and that people should have the freedom to customize and alter their
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software in whatever way they need. For those reasons:</p>
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<p>Xubuntu <span class="emphasis"><em>will
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always be free of charge</em></span>, and there is no extra
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fee for the "enterprise edition", we make our very best work available
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to everyone on the same Free terms.</p>
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<p>Xubuntu uses the very best in <span class="emphasis"><em>translations
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and accessibility infrastructure</em></span> that the Free
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Software community has to offer, to make Xubuntu usable for as many
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people as possible.</p>
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<p>Xubuntu is released <span class="emphasis"><em>regularly
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and predictably</em></span>; a new release is made every
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six months. You can use the current stable release or help improve the
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current development release.</p>
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<p>The Xubuntu community is entirely committed to the <span class="emphasis"><em>principles of free software
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development</em></span>; we encourage people to use open
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source software, improve it and pass it on.</p>
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<p>Creating a desktop operating system is challenging, but it's
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also great fun. Read further in this document to learn how you can
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participate in the Xubuntu Project, and about the free software
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that produce the key components of Xubuntu.</p>
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<h2 class="title" style="clear: both;">Participate
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<p>The Xubuntu community is made up of software developers,
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documentation writers, translators, graphic artists, and most
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importantly, the people who are using Xubuntu in their everyday life.
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invite you to join this community and help shape Xubuntu into an
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operating system that meets your needs better.</p>
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<p>You don't have to be a software developer to help improve
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Xubuntu. You can participate by translating Xubuntu into your own
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language, test it on desktops, laptops, and servers, help improve the
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Xubuntu web site with guides and tips for users, answer questions on
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forum or mailing lists, contribute artwork, and more. Any contribution,
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big or small, will shape the future of Xubuntu for all of us. To find
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out how to participate, visit <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu" target="_top">this
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<p>The developing discussion of the Xubuntu Project is taking
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place at <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel</a>,
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and at the channel #xubuntu at servers irc.freenode.net.</p>
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<p>You are welcome to join if you want to make Xubuntu a superb
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<h2 class="title" style="clear: both;">Core
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<p>The default desktop environment for Xubuntu is Xfce, making
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your system fast, light and usefull. Xfce4 provides a modern
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desktop environment for users, and while using the GTK+ 2 you have,
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too, a powerful platform for developers. You can learn more about
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the Xfce project at <a href="http://www.xfce.org">www.xfce.org</a></p>
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<h3 class="title">The Document Editor</h3>
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<p>Xubuntu includes AbiWord<span class="application">,
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</span>a light, fast and full solution for editing documents,
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such as the standard documents OpenOffice.org Writer and Microsoft
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Office Word. It is based on GTK2.</p>
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<h3 class="title">The
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<p>You might have heard of this amazing thing called "Linux".
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Linux is a "kernel", it is the core piece of software that starts up
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when you turn your computer on, and it in turn runs all of the other
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applications that make up the whole desktop environment. In many ways
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it's a tiny part of the whole mix, but its role is so important that
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many people describe the whole desktop as "Linux". Linux is the
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software which has come to define the worldwide movement to embrace
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free software. There is another project, called GNU, which set out to
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create a free operating system before Linux did, and today we use the
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Linux kernel together with many of the GNU applications. That's why we
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call Ubuntu an example of GNU/Linux software. Find out about GNU/Linux
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at <a href="http://www.linux.org/" target="_top">www.linux.org</a>.</p>
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<h3 class="title">The
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<p>There are many GNU/Linux distributions (e.g., Fedora, SuSE,
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Debian, Mandriva, Gentoo), but Xubuntu distinguishes itself with
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of focus, simplicity of installation and use, and a development
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approach that is both transparent and welcoming.</p>
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<p>By default, Xubuntu includes a core selection of the best
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desktop software for typical desktop users. Almost everything else, the
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entire free software universe of applications, is available over the
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Internet for easy installation directly onto this basic desktop
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environment. Our package management uses the powerful "APT" package
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management system, which allows easy installation and clean removal of
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programs, as well as automatic download of any extra packages required.
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Ubuntu's core list of officially supported software packages is reduced
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to only the important applications. This allows for greater quality
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control. For advanced users, the <span class="emphasis"><em>"Universe"</em></span>
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and <span class="emphasis"><em>"Multiverse"</em></span>
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archives provide instant access to more applications that are
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maintained and supported by the Ubuntu community.</p>
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