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- | My previous review of Xubuntu in Full Circle 212 was a look at Xubuntu Minimal, the separate ISO file for download that omits almost all the normally included applications. With the release of Xubuntu 25.04, I thought we would get back to the full Xubuntu Desktop edition. Xubuntu Minimal is still available for any users who would rather pick their own applications after installation. | + | **My previous review of Xubuntu in Full Circle 212 was a look at Xubuntu Minimal, the separate ISO file for download that omits almost all the normally included applications. With the release of Xubuntu 25.04, I thought we would get back to the full Xubuntu Desktop edition. Xubuntu Minimal is still available for any users who would rather pick their own applications after installation. |
This fresh Xubuntu release came out on 17 April, 2025 and is the middle of three interim releases that will take us to the next long term support (LTS) version, Xubuntu 26.04 LTS, due to arrive in April, 2026. | This fresh Xubuntu release came out on 17 April, 2025 and is the middle of three interim releases that will take us to the next long term support (LTS) version, Xubuntu 26.04 LTS, due to arrive in April, 2026. | ||
- | The three interim releases in between the LTS versions are where improvements and new ideas are usually tried out, but Xubuntu 25.04 does not bring a lot that is new. This is the 39th Xubuntu release and it comes with nine months of support, running until January, 2026. | + | The three interim releases in between the LTS versions are where improvements and new ideas are usually tried out, but Xubuntu 25.04 does not bring a lot that is new. This is the 39th Xubuntu release and it comes with nine months of support, running until January, 2026.** |
+ | Mon précédent article sur Xubuntu dans Full Circle 212 portait sur Xubuntu Minimal, le fichier ISO séparé téléchargeable qui omet la quasi-totalité des applications normalement incluses. Avec la sortie de Xubuntu 25.04, je pensais revenir à l' | ||
- | Installation | + | Cette nouvelle version de Xubuntu, sortie le 17 avril 2025, marque le milieu d'une série de trois versions intermédiaires qui mèneront à la prochaine version à support à long terme (LTS), Xubuntu 26.04 LTS, prévue pour avril 2026. |
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+ | Les trois versions intermédiaires entre les versions LTS sont généralement celles où les améliorations et les nouvelles idées sont testées, mais Xubuntu 25.04 n' | ||
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+ | **Installation | ||
I downloaded Xubuntu 25.04 from the official source using the Transmission BitTorrent client and then carried out an SHA256 sum check from the command line to ensure I had a good download. | I downloaded Xubuntu 25.04 from the official source using the Transmission BitTorrent client and then carried out an SHA256 sum check from the command line to ensure I had a good download. | ||
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20 GB of hard-drive space | 20 GB of hard-drive space | ||
- | For web browsing, 8 GB of RAM is probably a more realistic minimum these days and, of course, more RAM is always better. | + | For web browsing, 8 GB of RAM is probably a more realistic minimum these days and, of course, more RAM is always better.** |
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+ | J'ai téléchargé Xubuntu 25.04 depuis la source officielle à l'aide de Transmission, | ||
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+ | J'ai testé Xubuntu 25.04 sur une clé USB contenant la nouvelle version de Ventoy, la 1.1.05, en y déposant simplement le fichier ISO. Xubuntu est officiellement compatible avec Ventoy et a démarré sans problème. | ||
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+ | Configuration requise | ||
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+ | La configuration système recommandée pour Xubuntu 25.04 n'a pas changé depuis la version 21.04, soit quatre ans, et reste la suivante : | ||
+ | Processeur double cœur à 1,5 GHz | ||
+ | 2 Go de RAM | ||
+ | 20 Go d' | ||
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+ | Pour la navigation Web, 8 Go de RAM constituent probablement un minimum plus réaliste aujourd' | ||
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Xubuntu 25.04 introduces the Xfce 4.20 desktop, for which the developers claim that they did "a gazillion of bug fixes and did various minor improvements", | Xubuntu 25.04 introduces the Xfce 4.20 desktop, for which the developers claim that they did "a gazillion of bug fixes and did various minor improvements", | ||
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The Linux kernel has been upgraded to version 6.14 and the initialization system is now systemd 257.4. It is worth noting that Xubuntu has been using systemd since its 15.04 release so this is the 21st release over the past ten years with no noted issues. | The Linux kernel has been upgraded to version 6.14 and the initialization system is now systemd 257.4. It is worth noting that Xubuntu has been using systemd since its 15.04 release so this is the 21st release over the past ten years with no noted issues. | ||
- | All the Ubuntu flavors have been moving towards replacing the X11 display server with Wayland. Ubuntu and Kubuntu are already there with default Wayland sessions. For Xubuntu, this release notes that with the Xfce 4.20 desktop that "early Wayland support has been added, but is not available in Xubuntu" | + | All the Ubuntu flavors have been moving towards replacing the X11 display server with Wayland. Ubuntu and Kubuntu are already there with default Wayland sessions. For Xubuntu, this release notes that with the Xfce 4.20 desktop that "early Wayland support has been added, but is not available in Xubuntu" |
- | Not new, but still an annoyance in Xubuntu live sessions, is that once again in this release all drives are locked out and will not mount. This makes Xubuntu 25.04 pretty useless as a rescue disk and also makes doing screenshots for a review and getting them off the live session much more difficult. In my case, I normally just save them to a plugged in USB stick. For these screenshots, | + | Nouveautés |
- | The lack of much new in this release, beyond just bug fixes, points towards the next LTS being not much different from the last one. This will actually make most Xubuntu | + | Xubuntu |
- | Settings | + | Le noyau Linux a été mis à jour vers la version 6.14 et le système d' |
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+ | Toutes les versions d' | ||
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+ | **Not new, but still an annoyance in Xubuntu live sessions, is that once again in this release all drives are locked out and will not mount. This makes Xubuntu 25.04 pretty useless as a rescue disk and also makes doing screenshots for a review and getting them off the live session much more difficult. In my case, I normally just save them to a plugged in USB stick. For these screenshots, | ||
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+ | The lack of much new in this release, beyond just bug fixes, points towards the next LTS being not much different from the last one. This will actually make most Xubuntu fans happy, as most seem to think that there is nothing much that needs changing in their favorite distribution. In many ways that is the story with most of the Ubuntu flavors. They work well, are not currently adding much in the way of new features, the user base for each flavor likes the way they work and isn't looking for changes. It may sound boring but this is actually a sign of success. What history has shown us is what Linux users really revolt against is change-for-the-sake-of change, so it is good that developers are not doing that!** | ||
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+ | Ce n'est pas nouveau, mais cela reste un problème gênant lors des sessions Live de Xubuntu : dans cette version, tous les lecteurs sont à nouveau verrouillés et ne peuvent pas être montés. Cela rend Xubuntu 25.04 peu utile comme disque de secours et complique considérablement la prise de captures d' | ||
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As it has done for many years, Xubuntu 25.04 uses Greybird as its default window color scheme. There are still six window themes provided in the " | As it has done for many years, Xubuntu 25.04 uses Greybird as its default window color scheme. There are still six window themes provided in the " | ||
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The default Xubuntu 25.04 wallpaper for this release is once again designed by Pasi Lallinaho, who has done all the release wallpapers for the last 16 years, since Xubuntu 9.04. This one is an abstract night landscape. If you don’t fancy it, Xubuntu 25.04 comes with ten other additional wallpapers. You can easily download any of the previous Xubuntu ones from the Xubuntu GitHub wallpaper repository or use your own wallpaper. Even though this release is code named " | The default Xubuntu 25.04 wallpaper for this release is once again designed by Pasi Lallinaho, who has done all the release wallpapers for the last 16 years, since Xubuntu 9.04. This one is an abstract night landscape. If you don’t fancy it, Xubuntu 25.04 comes with ten other additional wallpapers. You can easily download any of the previous Xubuntu ones from the Xubuntu GitHub wallpaper repository or use your own wallpaper. Even though this release is code named " | ||
- | Just like all the Xubuntu releases since 14.04 LTS, this one employs the Whisker Menu as its menu system. In Xubuntu 23.10 and earlier, the Whisker Menu was able to be resized but in the last two releases, Xubuntu 24.04 LTS and 24.10, it was no longer re-sizable. That seems to have been a bug which has now been fixed since, once again, the menu may be resized in this release. This is a welcome feature fix in the Xfce 4.20 desktop. | + | Just like all the Xubuntu releases since 14.04 LTS, this one employs the Whisker Menu as its menu system. In Xubuntu 23.10 and earlier, the Whisker Menu was able to be resized but in the last two releases, Xubuntu 24.04 LTS and 24.10, it was no longer re-sizable. That seems to have been a bug which has now been fixed since, once again, the menu may be resized in this release. This is a welcome feature fix in the Xfce 4.20 desktop.** |
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+ | Comme depuis de nombreuses années, Xubuntu 25.04 utilise Greybird comme palette de couleurs par défaut pour ses fenêtres. Six thèmes de fenêtres sont toujours disponibles dans le gestionnaire d' | ||
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+ | Il existe désormais six thèmes d' | ||
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+ | Le fond d' | ||
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+ | Comme toutes les versions de Xubuntu depuis la 14.04 LTS, celle-ci utilise le menu Whisker comme système de menu. Dans Xubuntu 23.10 et les versions antérieures, | ||
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+ | **Applications | ||
Applications included with Xubuntu 25.04 are: | Applications included with Xubuntu 25.04 are: | ||
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Document Scanner 46.0 (simple-scan) scanning utility* | Document Scanner 46.0 (simple-scan) scanning utility* | ||
Engrampa 1.26.2 file archiver* | Engrampa 1.26.2 file archiver* | ||
- | Firefox 137.0.2 web browser** | + | Firefox 137.0.2 web browser< |
- | Firmware Updater 0+git.22198be firmware updater** | + | Firmware Updater 0+git.22198be firmware updater< |
Gdebi 0.9.5.8 application installer | Gdebi 0.9.5.8 application installer | ||
GIMP 3.0.2 graphics editor | GIMP 3.0.2 graphics editor | ||
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Systemd 257.4 init system | Systemd 257.4 init system | ||
Thunar 4.20.2 file manager | Thunar 4.20.2 file manager | ||
- | Thunderbird 128.9.1 esr email client** | + | Thunderbird 128.9.1 esr email client< |
Transmission 4.0.6 BitTorrent client | Transmission 4.0.6 BitTorrent client | ||
- | Ubuntu App Center 1.0.0 package management system** | + | Ubuntu App Center 1.0.0 package management system< |
Wget 1.24.5 command line webpage downloader | Wget 1.24.5 command line webpage downloader | ||
Xfburn 0.7.2 CD/DVD burner | Xfburn 0.7.2 CD/DVD burner | ||
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Xfce4 Terminal 1.1.4 terminal emulator | Xfce4 Terminal 1.1.4 terminal emulator | ||
- | * indicates same application version as in Xubuntu 24.10 | + | * indicates same application version as in Xubuntu 24.10** |
- | The supplied default mix of applications has not changed in this release, although most of them have newly updated versions. | + | Applications |
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+ | Applications incluses avec Xubuntu 25.04 : | ||
+ | Atril 1.26.2 visionneuse PDF* | ||
+ | Blueman 2.4.4 connecteur Bluetooth | ||
+ | CUPS 2.4.12 système d' | ||
+ | Catfish 4.20.0 recherche sur le bureau | ||
+ | Document Scanner 46.0 (simple-scan) utilitaire de numérisation* | ||
+ | Engrampa 1.26.2 archiveur de fichiers* | ||
+ | Firefox 137.0.2 navigateur Web< | ||
+ | Firmware Updater 0+git.22198be mise à jour du micrologiciel < | ||
+ | Gdebi 0.9.5.8 installateur d' | ||
+ | GIMP 3.0.2 éditeur graphique | ||
+ | GNOME Disk Utility 46.1 utilitaire de disque (surveillance de l' | ||
+ | GNOME Disk Usage Analyzer 48.0 (baobab) analyseur d' | ||
+ | Gparted 1.6.0 éditeur de partitions | ||
+ | Hexchat 2.16.2 client IRC* | ||
+ | LibreOffice 25.2.2.2 suite bureautique (sans l' | ||
+ | MATE Calculator 1.26.0 calculatrice* | ||
+ | Mousepad 0.6.3 éditeur de texte* | ||
+ | Parole 4.18.2 lecteur multimédia | ||
+ | Pipewire 1.2.7 contrôleur audio | ||
+ | Ristretto 0.13.3 visionneuse d' | ||
+ | Rhythmbox 3.4.8 lecteur de musique* | ||
+ | Software Updater 25.04.4 (update-manager) gestionnaire de mises à jour logicielles | ||
+ | Synaptic 0.91.5 système de gestion de paquets | ||
+ | Systemd 257.4 système d' | ||
+ | Thunar 4.20.2 gestion de fichiers | ||
+ | Thunderbird 128.9.1 esr client de messagerie< | ||
+ | Transmission 4.0.6 client BitTorrent | ||
+ | Ubuntu App Center 1.0.0 système de gestion de paquets< | ||
+ | Wget 1.24.5 téléchargeur de pages web en ligne de commande | ||
+ | Xfburn 0.7.2 graveur de CD/DVD | ||
+ | Xfce4 Panel 4.20.3 Panneau de bureau | ||
+ | Xfce4 Power Manager 4.20.0 gestionnaire d' | ||
+ | Xfce4 Screenshooter 1.11.1 outil de capture d' | ||
+ | Xfce4 Terminal 1.1.4 émulateur de terminal | ||
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+ | * indique la même version de l' | ||
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+ | **The supplied default mix of applications has not changed in this release, although most of them have newly updated versions. | ||
As can be seen, the list of applications included in the full Xubuntu Desktop ISO is extensive, including pretty much everything a desktop user might need, except perhaps a webcam client and video editor. If you think that this list has a lot of stuff that you do not want, rather than remove it all after installation, | As can be seen, the list of applications included in the full Xubuntu Desktop ISO is extensive, including pretty much everything a desktop user might need, except perhaps a webcam client and video editor. If you think that this list has a lot of stuff that you do not want, rather than remove it all after installation, | ||
- | It is worth noting that Xubuntu is the only Ubuntu derivative, other than Ubuntu Cinnamon, that still comes with a CD/DVD burning application by default. Optical drives started disappearing on new laptops in about 2011, 14 years ago. Once included with all releases, since then most of the rest of the Ubuntu universe have dropped their optical drive burners from their default application list, although they are still in the Ubuntu repositories if you have a CD/DVD drive and any disks left to actually burn. It will be interesting to see if and when the Xubuntu Team makes that same move and drops Xfburn. | + | It is worth noting that Xubuntu is the only Ubuntu derivative, other than Ubuntu Cinnamon, that still comes with a CD/DVD burning application by default. Optical drives started disappearing on new laptops in about 2011, 14 years ago. Once included with all releases, since then most of the rest of the Ubuntu universe have dropped their optical drive burners from their default application list, although they are still in the Ubuntu repositories if you have a CD/DVD drive and any disks left to actually burn. It will be interesting to see if and when the Xubuntu Team makes that same move and drops Xfburn.** |
- | Conclusions | + | La combinaison d' |
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+ | Comme vous pouvez le constater, la liste des applications incluses dans l'ISO de Xubuntu Desktop est longue et comprend quasiment tout ce dont un utilisateur de bureau peut avoir besoin, à l' | ||
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+ | Il est important de noter que Xubuntu est le seul dérivé d' | ||
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+ | **Conclusions | ||
Xubuntu 25.04 is a good, solid release with very little new included aside from the bug fixes included with the Xfce 4.20 desktop and some refreshed applications. Overall, I think Xubuntu fans will like what they see here as there is no " | Xubuntu 25.04 is a good, solid release with very little new included aside from the bug fixes included with the Xfce 4.20 desktop and some refreshed applications. Overall, I think Xubuntu fans will like what they see here as there is no " | ||
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+ | Xubuntu 25.04 est une version solide et de qualité, avec très peu de nouveautés, | ||
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+ | La prochaine version sera Xubuntu 25.10, la troisième et dernière version intermédiaire de ce cycle, prévue pour le 9 octobre 2025. Cette version sera la dernière occasion d' | ||
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https:// | https:// | ||
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