Devuan 6 "Excalibur" GNU+Linux is finally released! It has been released on Monday, 3 November 2025. Devuan (pronounced dev-one) is the free software operating system for computers derived from Debian GNU/Linux without systemd. This release "Excalibur" is the sixth release of Devuan released after two years of development. It is based on Debian 13 "Trixie" and coincidentally released a month following Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka". Congratulations to Devuan Community and happy downloading!

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This listing collects desktop notes applications including sticky notes that we recommend for Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat. We included here KNotes, which are well-known and full-featured, and also Affiche.app which just works but less-known, among others in order to promote them to more users (and open the opportunity for more people to get involved in the project). All applications are available in the official repository and no third-party sources required. Now, let's start exploring them!

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This ebook is Xubuntu Documentation published in 2022, free to download and share, a complete user guide of Xubuntu GNU/Linux operating system with Xfce desktop environment for computer and laptop. It mainly introduces and explains about Xubuntu, the system, and Xfce, the graphical user interface, without limiting it to a specific OS version. Even if you don't use Xubuntu, but only use Xfce, this book is a worthy read. We encourage you to print out and share this excellent book as many as possible to people you love if you can. Lastly, we say thank you and greatest appreciation to The Xubuntu Team for publishing this book. Enjoy!

• Title: Xubuntu Documentation
  
• Description: A complete guide book of Xubuntu GNU/Linux operating system with Xfce desktop environment. This book is released on 2022 and not limited to version 22.04 LTS only. It explains basic introduction of Xubuntu and Xfce, how to use it, how to configure and customize it, what applications are available and how to install and remove and update them, how to manage, maintain and troubleshoot it up until the end. It is available in two paper size choices A4 and USLetter.
  
• Authors: The Xubuntu Team
  
• Publication date: 2022
• Pages: 123 and 130
  
• Price: Free to download
  
• License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (free to read, copy, edit, mix, share and sell)
• First chapter: Introducing about Xubuntu, the name, the philosophy, releases and version numbers, editions and what made up Xubuntu from Free/Open Source Software, GNU, Linux, Xfce, Debian and Ubuntu.
  
• Second chapter: Explaining installation of Xubuntu to computer and laptop starting from downloading the ISO, making backup, making the bootable medium, booting and the actual steps to install.
  
• Third chapter: Explaining everything about Xubuntu Desktop, the panel, the icons, the menu, the workspace and how to use them.
  
• 4th chapter: Explaining default applications like Atril, Engrampa, Thunar and LibreOffice and the others.
  
• 5th chapter: Explaining software management including how to install, remove, update individual applications as well as upgrade the system.
  
• 6th chapter: Explaining settings and customization including adjusting panel, menu, desktop, wallpaper and themes. It also includes personalization of Xubuntu to mimic user interface of Windows and MacOS.
  
• 7th - 11th chapters: Explaining settings from hardware, networking, printing and scanning, user management and hardware devices (driver and disk partitions). 
• 12th chapter: Explaining file management and filesystem of Xubuntu.
• 13th chapter: Explaining multimedia applications use for playing music, movies and reading or burning CDs/DVDs.
• 14th chapter: Explaining migration from Microsoft Windows with dictionary, WINE, and networking.
• 15th chapter: Explaining troubleshooting mainly about networking.
• 16th chapter: Explaining how to upgrade Xubuntu.
• 17th chapter: Appendix containing application table and copyright and licensing information.
  

[DOWNLOAD PDF A4 3MB]

[DOWNLOAD PDF US-Letter 3MB] 

Note: with respect to The Xubuntu Project, this book is built from source and hosted on Internet Archive by us (Ade Malsasa Akbar) because the official website currently does not have the PDF files and we have filed a bug report with ongoing discussion at Launchpad. When the official PDF files become available, we will edit this to point to it instead. 

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References 

Xubuntu Documentation List (Web)

The Official Xubuntu Documentation (Web)

Xubuntu Documentation Source Code (GitHub)

Xubuntu Documentation Package (Launchpad)

This tutorial will help you share your internet access on Xubuntu Xfce laptop from a cable to a wifi hotspot. A cable internet access means mainly the broadband line which usually is connected via your LAN port, otherwise a USB tethering from a phone or a mobile wifi modem (also known as MiFi). Another devices near your laptop will recognize yours as "master-hotspot" and can access the internet by connecting to it.

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This tutorial will help you create wifi to wifi hotspot (also known as repeater) on your Xubuntu XFCE laptop. This means receiving internet access from a wifi and giving (sharing) it away as another wifi. You will need two WLAN adapters, for example, one built-in your laptop as the transmitter and one external one as the receiver you can buy easily online. Finally, you are not required to use terminal command lines at all here. Now let's do it.

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This is a list of Free Software Desktop Systems, like KDE and GNOME the desktop environments, and like Kubuntu and Ubuntu the operating systems, and whether one is available as a complete computer to purchase. In this article, you will find useful information and further readings about the user interface choices available on GNU/Linux and BSD computing platforms. This will be used further on UbuntuBuzz.com to accompany every desktop related explanation.

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This simple tutorial explains how to search files and folders on Linux Mint. Mint is a very popular and easy to use computer operating system from GNU/Linux family based on Ubuntu Desktop. This covers its three editions namely Mint Cinnamon, XFCE, and MATE so pick the one suitable to yours. Let's search!

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Here's quick notes about enabling Windows key for start menu on two different systems: Xubuntu (XFCE) and Trisquel (MATE). This key is located between your Ctrl and Alt keys, and beside that, also called Super or Meta key on GNU/Linux. However, you can run these on other GNU/Linux distros which use respective desktop environments. Happy working!

Xubuntu (XFCE Desktop)

• Go to System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts.
• Choose xfce4-popup-whiskermenu.
• Double-click it.
• Press Win key (Super key).
• Close.
• Go ahead.

• Ubuntu Studio
• Mint XFCE 
• MX
• Debian Live XFCE
• Fedora Spin XFCE
• openSUSE Tumbleweed XFCE

Trisquel (MATE Desktop)

• Go to MATE Tweak > Interface.
• Save current layout.
• Change it to Redmond layout.
• Enable advanced menu.
• Close.
• Go ahead.

• Ubuntu MATE
• Mint MATE
• Debian Live MATE
• Fedora Spin MATE
• Manjaro MATE

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Our latest desktop customization guide was Cinnamon. Now, we're moving into XFCE. This guide can be applied to customize Xubuntu, Manjaro XFCE, openSUSE XFCE Spin, or any Linux distro using XFCE as the desktop. We cover how to install desktop theme, add new panel, add applet, and we start them from concepts. Enjoy.

After Nemo and Nautilus, now we bring you Thunar. It is one of the simplest file manager (graphical) available in Linux. Simple means Thunar is easy to use. We will cover some important features of Thunar. We hope it helps new users into Xubuntu or any XFCE based Linux distro.

This guide will explain you how to use XFCE desktop for daily usage. After our fourth KDE guide, now it is our fifth about XFCE. XFCE is an user friendly desktop with wide ability for customization. XFCE is . XFCE allows users to use the desktop just by clicking. XFCE is famous of being used as default desktop on Xubuntu. This guide will not explain any of XFCE technical or historical side. This article is written for those who never use Linux or XFCE before. 

Formerly, DockbarX is a Gnome2 taskbar applet, AWN Applet, Mate taskbar applet and stand alone dock with groupping and group manipulation. Now, DockbarX can be used as a panel plugin for XFCE panel. With this application, Xubuntu users - like me - can get an icon only application launcher, grouping ability, theme supports, pin application to panel and more!

When I installed my Xubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. I had a problem with it that was a lack of lock screen which should usually available on Ubuntu (unity). So, you have a same problem with me, here's a quick tutorial on how to enable lock screen on Xubuntu and of course with a shortcut command.