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# Xubuntu 22.10 Releases With Xfce Upgrades, and Other Refinements
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/xubuntu-22-10-release/
- Published: 2022-10-20T16:39:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-20T16:39:31.000Z
- Description: Xubuntu 22.10 provides a refined XFCE experience. Learn more about it here.
- Author: Ankush Das
- Tags: Distribution Releases, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

Xubuntu is an XFCE-powered official Ubuntu flavour.

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With the latest Xubuntu 22.10 "**Kinetic Kudu**" release, you can expect desktop environment improvements, feature additions, and several refinements across the board.

## Xubuntu 22.10: What's New?

![Xubuntu 22.10 home](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2022/10/xubuntu-22-10.png)

Xubuntu 22.10 brings in some exciting upgrades. Some of the highlights include:

- **Xfce 4.16 (or Xfce 4.17 dev)**
- **Catfish appearance update.**
- **New icon refresh and deprecated elementary-xfce-darker-theme.**
- **Mousepad search history.**
- **Thundar file manager improvements.**
- **Xfce task manager.**

💡

Xubuntu 22.10 will be supported for nine months until **July 2023**. If you want stability over features, you should prefer using an [LTS version](https://itsfoss.com/long-term-support-lts/).

### XFCE 4.17 Development Version or XFCE 4.16?

The release notes for Xubuntu 22.10 say it features the Xfce 4.17 development version.

However, when I installed the beta version for Xubuntu 22.10 (and updated it to the latest), it said it features Xfce 4.16.

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2022/10/xfce-4-16.jpg)

Xfce 4.16 on Xubuntu 22.10

Not sure if they pulled out Xfce 4.17 development version or if Xfce 4.16 is here for now.

### Catfish Appearance 

![xubuntu catfish](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2022/10/catfish-xubuntu-22-10.png)

Catfish is a file search utility on Xubuntu. With the new upgrade, it has a refreshed appearance with tweaks under the hood. 

You also get an "**Open With**" context menu when interacting with the files you searched for.

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2022/10/catfish-openwith-1.jpg)

A pretty subtle but valuable feature addition for catfish.

### GNOME 43 Software

Among notable app updates, GNOME's latest Software Center is a nice thing to have. This is how it looks with Xubuntu 22.10:

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2022/10/xubuntu-gnome-43-software.jpg)

Of course, it may not give you a consistent look with other applications on Xfce, but I think you can give it an excuse.

### Icon Updates

With elementary-xfce 0.17 icon update, there are many new icons and cleaner options that provide a consistent Xubuntu desktop experience.

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2022/10/xubuntu-22-10-icons.jpg)

Additionally, the **elementary-xfce-darkest theme** icon pack has been deprecated.

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2022/10/xfce-dark-theme.png)

### Task Manager Right-Click Option

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2022/10/task-manager-copy-command-line.jpg)

You can now copy the full process path to the clipboard. This could be useful to troubleshoot or stop things from the command line when required.

## Other Enhancements

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2022/10/xubuntu-22-10-puzzle.png)

There are several other notable changes that include:

- **Linux Kernel 5.19**
- **Mozilla Firefox 105.**
- **Alt-Tab view improved with more prominent icons.**
- **Mosaic puzzle added to SGT Puzzles collection.**
- **Thunar archive plugin now supports compressing zip files.**
- **Mousepad text editor now includes a search history and a few more tweaks.**

To learn more about the changes, check out the [official release notes](https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/22.10/release-notes?ref=itsfoss.com).

## Download Xubuntu 22.10

You can download the latest ISO from [Ubuntu's central image repository](https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/22.10/release/?ref=itsfoss.com) or its [official website](https://xubuntu.org/download/?ref=itsfoss.com).

It might take a while for its official website to make the ISO available.

[Download Xubuntu 22.10](https://xubuntu.org/download/?ref=itsfoss.com)

💬 *What do you think about Xubuntu 22.10? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.*