The Desktop

The desktop is what you see after you log in to your computer and what you use to manage and run applications. The default desktop environment for Xubuntu is Xfce, one of the top three leading UNIX and Linux desktop suite and development platforms.

You can optionally install the GNOME and KDE desktop environments, which have their own distinctive look and feel. GNOME and KDE are made available in Ubuntu by the Ubuntu and Kubuntu projects respectively.