Hello Folks, As many of you know, the Ubuntu Development Summit for Karmic Koala is coming soon. This means that it is time to start discussing and defining the specifications and features to be delivered for Xubuntu in Karmic. Folks are welcome to submit specifications to the mailing list with a corresponding page on the wiki for consideration and specifications that receive general consensus and are feasible will be nominated by myself to be scheduled for further discussion at UDS. For Karmic, I believe we should work with Xfce developers to examine the login process and engineer a smoother, faster login to desktop experience. For Karmic, I believe we should examine the composition of Xubuntu and identify packages that pull in undesired packages and bloat our cd image. I believe we should take advantage of the last release before we begin another LTS cycle with karmic+1 by re-examining the set of applications we ship on the desktop and the impact they have on the overall Xubuntu desktop experience. Xubuntu is more and more frequently being used on lower powered netbook and mobile devices due to its smaller image size and perceived performance benefits; lets continue to play on our strengths. For Karmic, I believe we should continue to be the best looking flavour of Ubuntu. We should update our usplash theme, tweak our icon theme, and possibly use a new custom gtk theme. Cheers, -- Cody A.W. Somerville Software Systems Release Engineer Foundations Team Custom Engineering Solutions Group Canonical OEM Services Phone: +1-781-850-2087 Cell: +1-506-471-8402 Email: <a href="mailto:cody.somerville@canonical.com">cody.somerville@canonical.com</a>