[PLUG] xubuntu version ?

[Ben Koenig]

Xbuntu is a package "layer" on top of ubuntu. At it's core, it is literally
indistinguishable from Ubuntu.

The difference is in the choice of packages installed by default. There are
a number of branding "meta packages" that are replaced when you create a
distro based on an upstream core. IIRC, the most notable of these is
"xubuntu-desktop". If you search the repos, you might notice a number of
other similarly named packages:
-kubuntu-desktop
-ubuntu-desktop
-lubuntu-desktop
-fubuntu-desktop


and so on. It's been a while since I last rebranded an ubuntu system, so
feel free to correct me if naming conventions have changed. Regardless,
these derivatives usually do nothing more than replace a small number of
metapackages in ubuntu with their own.
/etc/lsb-release is part of the distro core, and not something xubuntu will
ever modify.



On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 1:58 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:

> On 7/8/19 1:47 PM, Ali Corbin wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 1:42 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> What do I type to see which version of xubuntu I have loaded?
> >>
> >> When I type cat /etc/issue I get Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS \n \l
> >>
> >> I know xubuntu is based on Ubuntu, but how can I confirm I have xubuntu
> >> installed? I'm pretty sure that's what I installed, but how can I verify
> >> that?
> >>
> > What do you have in the way of /etc/*release ?
>
> rsteff at ENU-2:~$ cat /etc/*release
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS"
> NAME="Ubuntu"
> VERSION="18.04.2 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
> ID=ubuntu
> ID_LIKE=debian
> PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS"
> VERSION_ID="18.04"
> HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
> SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
> BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
> PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="
> https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
> VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
> UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic
> rsteff at ENU-2:~$
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
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