Xubuntu 21.10 Release Notes
Welcome to the Xubuntu 21.10 “Impish Indri” release notes!
Xubuntu 21.10 was released on Thursday, October 14, 2021 and will be supported for nine months until Thursday, June 14, 2022. For general information and the latest updates for Xubuntu 21.10, check out the release page on xubuntu.org.
Known Issues
Installer Issues
grub-installer chooses which drive to install to with no user input (
964331)
OEM installation uses the wrong slideshow (
1842047)
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General Issues
Boot: Decryption password prompt not visible (
1917062)
GNOME Font Viewer: Crashes in the live environment (
1845362)
Xfce Pulseaudio Plugin: Multiple notifications displayed if multiple Pulseaudio plugins added to panel (
1769775)
Xfce Screensaver: Password required twice when switching users (
1874178)
Ubuntu Common Release Notes
The main Ubuntu Release Notes covers both many of the other packages we carry and more issues common to every Ubuntu flavor.
Major Updates
GNOME Disk Analyzer (baobab) and Disk Utility have been added to Xubuntu to make it easier to monitor and manage your partitions.
Rhythmbox with the Alternative Toolbar layout are now included in Xubuntu. Play your music with a dedicated media library.
Pipewire is now included in Xubuntu and other flavors. Pipewire is used in conjunction with PulseAudio to improve audio playback in Linux. Bluetooth audio is especially improved.
Pidgin has been removed due to decreasing functionality as various messaging platforms move to proprietary protocols and applications. Pidgin can be reinstalled from GNOME Software if you still rely on it.
UX Updates
Keyboard Shortcuts
For a full list of keyboard shortcuts, click here.
The long-obsoleted Super+{1,2,3,4} shortcuts have been removed
The Super (Windows) key will now show the Whisker Menu
The Music specialty key will now launch Rhythmbox instead of Parole
Thunar
Updates
Significant package and version updates. For full package changelogs, see the Changelogs section below.
Application Stack
GNOME 40
GTK 3.24.30
MATE 1.26
Xfce 4.16
Themes
Applications
Xfce
Catfish 4.16.2
Exo 4.16.2
Gigolo 0.5.2
Mousepad 0.5.4
Ristretto 0.11.0
Thunar File Manager 4.16.8
Xfce Clipman Plugin 1.6.2
Xfce Netload Plugin 1.4.0
Xfce Panel 4.16.3
Xfce Screenshooter 1.9.9
Xfce Settings 4.16.2
Xfce Systemload Plugin 1.3.1
Xfce Task Manager 1.5.2
Xfce Whisker Menu Plugin 2.6.0
MATE
Atril 1.26.0
Engrampa 1.26.0
MATE Calculator 1.26.0
GNOME
Everything Else
Blueman 2.2.2
Firefox 93.0
GIMP 2.10.24
LibreOffice 7.2.1
Pipewire 0.3.32
PulseAudio 15.0
Snapd 2.53
SGT Launcher 0.2.7
Thunderbird 91.1.2
Changelogs
Xubuntu/Other Packages
Xfce Core
Xfce Applications
Xfce Panel Plugins
Thunar Plugins