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Hello, Mastodon family! It's been a long time coming, but Xubuntu has officially left X behind!
https://x.com/Xubuntu/status/1886754277177123276
If you're still using X, consider sharing our update to spread awareness. We'll continue to bring you the best of #Xfce and #Linux... all in one place.
(edit: because everything is confusing and nothing makes sense... we're leaving X, formerly known as Twitter, not X11. Wayland is still very much in the future!)
The Xubuntu team is delighted to release Xubuntu 26.04, "Resolute Raccoon"! 🦝
https://xubuntu.org/news/releases/26.04/2026-04-23-xubuntu-26-04-released/
Xubuntu 26.04 includes the latest updates from Xfce 4.20, MATE 1.28, and GNOME 49/50.
Many thanks to the teams building towards this release, and to our wonderful community.
Announcing the Xubuntu Anniversary Wallpaper Contests (yes, plural)!
Xubuntu 26.04, releasing in April, marks 20 years of Xubuntu as an official flavor. Time flies!
First, we're opening up a community wallpaper contest. Six images will be selected and included in 26.04, and the winners will receive Xubuntu stickers.
Second, we are asking the community to select two past wallpapers to be remixed for 26.04. Pick your favorites!
Thanks for 20 years of support!
https://xubuntu.org/news/releases/26.04/2026-02-18-xubuntu-anniversary-wallpaper-contests/
The Xubuntu Community Wallpaper Contest has been extended an additional two weeks!
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/xubuntu-26-04-community-wallpaper-contest/77213
Six winners will be selected from the submissions and will receive 
stickers as well as commemorative 3D-printed coins!
Spread the word far and wide!
The results of the 26.04 Xubuntu Community Wallpaper Contest have been announced!
Thank you, everyone, for your wonderful submissions and for voting for your favorites.
Voting for the Xubuntu 26.04 Community Wallpaper Contest is now open. Make your voice heard before April 8, 2026.
You have one week!
https://xubuntu.org/news/releases/26.04/2026-03-31-xubuntu-26-04-wallpaper-voting-open/
🚨 Last call! 🚨
Submissions for the Xubuntu 20th Anniversary Community Wallpaper Contest end today. We're up to 30 community-submitted wallpapers! Voting will run through March 10th. Winners will receive Xubuntu stickers and commemorative 3D-printed coins.
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/xubuntu-26-04-community-wallpaper-contest/77213
Voting for the Xubuntu Wallpaper Remix ends today. There are several wallpapers tied at 5 votes. Will the tie be broken?
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/xubuntu-26-04-wallpaper-remix-vote/77214
All of our past wallpapers can be browsed and downloaded from GitHub: https://github.com/Xubuntu/xubuntu-marketing/tree/master/wallpapers
If you're running an Ubuntu-based distribution, you can install our wallpaper packs from the xubuntu-wallpapers-* packages.
Thanks, everyone, for celebrating 20 years of Xubuntu with us! 🎉
Only 2 days remain before submissions close!
Only 15 wallpapers have been submitted by the community. Do you have any images you'd like to enter?
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/xubuntu-26-04-community-wallpaper-contest/77213
On the wallpaper remix side, the most votes any wallpaper has is 5. That's a very small number to decide a winner.
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/xubuntu-26-04-wallpaper-remix-vote/77214
Keep them coming!
February is coming to a close. March on over to the Xubuntu wallpaper contests to help steer our 26.04 artistic direction!
Winners of the wallpaper contest are eligible to receive Xubuntu stickers and possibly a 20-year anniversary coin that @pleia2@floss.social is cooking up.
Learn more about the contests, submit your own work, and vote on our past wallpapers to remix... all from our blog post:
https://xubuntu.org/news/releases/26.04/2026-02-18-xubuntu-anniversary-wallpaper-contests/