Latest release: 13.04, Raring Ringtail
To learn more about the release, please refer to the release announcement, which has links to complete release notes as well as highlights of the improvements in the release.
Torrent downloads
If you know how to use torrents, it is highly recommended and preferred to use torrent downloads.
Mirror downloads
If you don’t know how to use torrents or for any reason can’t, you can download the image from one of the mirrors. When downloading the image from the mirrors, please select a mirror in a country close to you.
Latest LTS release: 12.04, Precise Pangolin
The 12.04 release, codenamed Precise Pangolin, is a Long Term Support release, which means it has support for 3 years. To learn more about the release, please refer to the release announcement, which has links to complete release notes as well as highlights of the improvements in the release.
Torrent downloads
If you know how to use torrents, it is highly recommended and preferred to use torrent downloads.
Mirror downloads
If you don’t know how to use torrents or for any reason can’t, you can download the image from one of the mirrors. When downloading the image from the mirrors, please select a mirror in a country close to you.
Minimum system requirements
To install or try Xubuntu within the Desktop/Live CD, you need 256 MB of memory. Installing with the Alternate CD requires only 64 MB. Once installed, it is strongly recommended to have at least 512 MB of memory.
When you install Xubuntu from the Desktop CD, you need 4.4 GB of free space on your hard disk. The Alternate Install CD only requires you to have 2 GB of free space on your hard disk.
Upgrading
To get help with upgrading to a more current version, see the Upgrading page. The page also includes information on how to install Xubuntu from Ubuntu.