The distro is now based on the Xfce 4.12.2 desktop

Aug 27, 2015 16:13 GMT  ·  By

Canonical has announced the release of the first Beta build for Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) opt-in flavors, which include the well-known Xubuntu distribution built around the lightweight Xfce desktop environment.

Major new features in Xubuntu 15.10 Beta 1 include the removal of the Gnumeric spreadsheet viewer and Abiword word processing software with the more professional LibreOffice Writer and LibreOffice Calc. The distribution is now powered by Linux kernel 4.1 LTS.

The Wily Werewolf Beta 1 build of Xubuntu 15.10 also includes a beautiful new theme for LibreOffice, called libreoffice-style-elementary. Moreover, it is now possible to restart and shut down the live session guest of Xubuntu in VMWare and VirtualBox virtualization software.

There are also numerous updated apps and core components, among which we can mention Thunar 1.6.10, Xfburn 0.5.4, Catfish 1.3.0, gmusicbrowser 1.1.14, MenuLibre 2.1.0, Pavucontrol 3.0, lightdm-gtk-greeter 2.0.1, and lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings 1.2.0.

Built around the Xfce 4.12.2 desktop environment

The Xfce desktop environment has been updated to version 4.12.2 and includes the xfce4-cpufreq-plugin 1.1.2, xfce4-dict 0.7.1, xfce4-eyes-plugin 4.4.4, xfce4-notes-plugin 1.8.1, xfce4-power-manager 1.4.4, xfce4-sensors-plugin 1.2.6, xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin 0.4.6, xfce4-time-out-plugin 1.0.2, xfce4-verve-plugin 1.0.1, xfce4-wavelan-plugin 0.5.12, xfce4-weather-plugin 0.8.6, xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin 1.5.0, xfdesktop4 4.12.2, and xfwm4 4.12.3 components.

When testing Xubuntu 15.10 Beta 1, users should be aware of some known issues, such as the fact that the xdg-open package does not correctly detect Xfce/Xubuntu, the camera can't be initialized, Parole Media Player has a blank screen when it is started, the authentication accepts any value as password in the live session, and the "Display configure screen settings and layout" window is opened automatically every few seconds.

Download Xubuntu 15.10 Beta 1 right now from Softpedia. We remind everyone attempting to install this build that it is a pre-release version, not suitable for production use. Below we've prepared a few screenshots of the first Beta build of Xubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) for your viewing pleasure.

Xubuntu 15.10 Beta 1 (4 Images)

Xubuntu 15.10 Beta 1
The Applications MenuPowered by Linux kernel 4.1 LTS
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