Xubuntu's future

[Charlie Kravetz]

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On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:01:30 +0200
Marc Smith <marc_smith at gmx.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I just started to use Xubuntu 10.04 LTS as a replacement for Linux
> Mint 9 LTS [based on the same code]. The reason for that is higher
> modularization in Xubuntu [ability to remove some "core" software not
> tied to the system, like Firefox].
> 
> The only thing that bothers me - beside questionable hardware support
> from the newest *ubuntu versions - is the future of Xubuntu OS.
> To be more precise, my qiestion is: will Xubuntu get Unity? I'm asking
> because I escaped from all of these changes which newest Ubuntu has to
> offer and I wouldn't like to see it comming to Xubuntu as I always
> liked XFCE environment and my clients depend on this setup too, so I'm
> just wondering if there's any way Xubuntu developers could assure
> users that they won't add Unity and anything beside XFCE into the base
> Xubuntu system ... ?
> Can I feel safe and stick to Xubuntu knowing that it won't create any
> problems and difficulties for me and my clients?
> 
> Best regards
> 
>   -marc
> 

Thank you for asking this in #xubuntu-devel on IRC. I believe the
question was answered already. If the answer was not satisfactory,
please let me know.

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Charlie Kravetz 
Xubuntu Project Lead
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