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 <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/8/19 1:47 PM, Ali Corbin wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 1:42 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> > 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@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@ENU-2:~$ > > > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
