What's New in Xubuntu 15.04

What’s New?

With the release of Xfce 4.12, this list is a bit longer than usual…

Features

• Xfce 4.12, and all of the wonderful things it includes!
• A new application, LightDM GTK Greeter Settings, has been included to configure the login screen.
• Light Locker is now configured through Xfce Power Manager
• New “Xubuntu Light” and “Xubuntu Dark” colorschemes in Mousepad and Xfce Terminal
• QT applications now look better out of the box

Applications

• abiword 3.0.1
• apt-offline 1.6
• blueman 1.99
• exo (Xfce support library) 0.10.4
• firefox 37.0
• garcon (Xfce menu library) 0.4.0
• gnumeric 1.12.18
• inxi 2.2.16
• light-locker 1.6
• lightdm-gtk-greeter 2.0
• lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings 1.1.0
• mousepad 0.4.0
• parole 0.8.0
• pavucontrol 2.0.3
• ristretto 0.8.0
• thunar 1.6.6
• thunderbird 31.6
• tumbler (Xfce thumbnailer) 0.1.31
• xfce4-appfinder 4.12.0
• xfce4-dev-tools 4.12.0
• xfce4-indicator-plugin 2.3.3
• xfce4-netload-plugin 1.2.4
• xfce4-panel 4.12.0
• xfce4-places-plugin 1.7.0
• xfce4-power-manager 1.4.3
• xfce4-screenshooter 1.8.2
• xfce4-session 4.12.1
• xfce4-settings 4.12.0
• xfce4-systemload-plugin 1.1.2
• xfce4-taskmanager 1.1.0
• xfce4-weather-plugin 0.8.5
• xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin 1.4.3
• xfce4-xkb-plugin 0.7.1
• xfconf 4.12.0
• xfdesktop4 4.12.0
• xfwm4 4.12.1

Screenshots

Known Issues

• Catfish: Authentication in live session accepts any value as password (LP: #1395720)
• Xfce Panel: Dragging applications in the task bar causes repaint errors (LP: #1397095)
• Xfce Notes/Panel: When upgrading, the notes plugin is removed from the panel (LP: #1446598)
• Power Indicator: indicator-power icons are incorrect after upgrade (LP: #1446605)
• Virtualbox/VMWare: Shutdown/Restart of live session guest does not work (LP: #1447038)

Download

Head over to the Xubuntu website to grab the latest LTS or stable version here.