For fans of the Xubuntu derivative of Ubuntu Linux, the upcoming Xubuntu 25.04 release will feature the Xfce 4.20 desktop.

[1]Xfce 4.20 debuted in December as a two-year feature update over Xfce 4.18. Xfce 4.20 brought more Wayland support improvements, many bug fixes, and a variety of other improvements throughout this lightweight GTK-based desktop environment.

All of those Xfce 4.20 goodies are on the way for Xubuntu 25.04 due out in April. Published this weekend was the January 2025 [2]Xubuntu 25.04 development update that includes landing Xfce 4.20 components such as the Thunar 4.20 file manager, Xfce4-panel 4.20, Xfdesktop 4.20, and other Xfce 4.20 components.

Plus Xubuntu 25.04 has other exciting package updates from upstream [3]Ubuntu 25.04 such as the [4]GIMP 3.0 package builds in its near-final state.

Ubuntu 25.04 stable along with flavors like Xubuntu 25.04 should be out as stable on 17 April.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Xfce+4.20

[2] https://www.bluesabre.org/2025/01/04/xubuntu-development-update-january-2025/

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Ubuntu+25.04

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.04-Lands-GIMP-3.0-RC1