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Xubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark)
DRAFT RELEASE NOTE
NOTE:
This is pre-Release
version. Xubuntu pre-releases are NOT
recommended for:
- Regular users who are not aware of pre-release issues
- Anyone who needs a stable system
- Anyone uncomfortable running a possibly frequently broken system
- Anyone in a production environment with data or workflows that need to be reliable
Xubuntu pre-releases are recommended for:
- Regular users who want to help us test by finding, reporting, and/or fixing bugs
- Xubuntu developers
Notable Issues
Installer Issues
General Issues
- Parole Media Player
- Thunar File Manager
- Thunar occasionally doesn't refresh window (13364)
Changes and Bug Fixes
17.10 Changes
17.04 Changes
- thunar
- Fixes to various issues related to copying and renaming
- parole
- New release includes “mini mode” and improved streaming support
- xfce4-notifyd
- New release includes “do not disturb” mode, notification muting, persistence support
- xfce4-taskmanager
- New release includes ability to click on window to select process
- xubuntu-default-settings
- New file templates included - OpenDocument Writer, OpenDocument Spreadsheet
- Improved QT5 application appearance (requires installation of
qt5-style-plugins
)
- sgt-launcher
- New launcher for Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection
Changelogs
Xubuntu/Other Packages
- blueman (changelog)
- gtk-theme-config (changelog)
- gtk2-engines-xfce (changelog)
- lightdm-gtk-greeter (changelog)
- lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings (changelog)
- menulibre (changelog)
- mugshot (changelog)
- pavucontrol (changelog)
- sgt-launcher (changelog)
- shimmer-themes (changelog)
- xfce4-volumed (changelog)
- xfpanel-switch (changelog)
- xubuntu-artwork (changelog)
- xubuntu-core (changelog)
- xubuntu-default-settings (changelog)
- xubuntu-desktop (changelog)
- xubuntu-docs (changelog)
- xubuntu-icon-theme (changelog)
- xubuntu-meta (changelog)
- xubuntu-wallpapers (changelog)
Xfce Core
Xfce Applications
Xfce Panel Plugins
- xfce4-cpugraph-plugin (changelog)
- xfce4-dict (changelog)
- xfce4-indicator-plugin (changelog)
- xfce4-mailwatch-plugin (changelog)
- xfce4-netload-plugin (changelog)
- xfce4-notes-plugin (changelog
- xfce4-places-plugin (changelog)
- xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin (changelog)
- xfce4-systemload-plugin (changelog)
- xfce4-verve-plugin (changelog)
- xfce4-weather-plugin (changelog)
- xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin (changelog)
- xfce4-xkb-plugin (changelog)