Blog Posts on Sean Davis - Engineering & Open Source

Welcome to this month’s open source and engineering leadership update.

Winter 2026 is proving to be a cold one around these parts.

A Critical Moment and a Glimpse of the Future Xubuntu 25.10, codenamed “Questing Quokka,” is the fortieth release of the Xfce-powered Ubuntu flavor.

Today, I’m excited to share an update I’ve been working on for a while: I’ve moved my website from bluesabre.org to seand.xyz.

Better late than never, here’s your Xubuntu February 2025 update!

Welcome to 2025, Xubuntu fans!

As the holiday season enters full swing, Xubuntu 25.04 is off to a quiet start.

Xubuntu 24.10, “Oracular Oriole,” is now available.

August marks the fourth month of development for Xubuntu 24.10, “Oracular Oriole.”

Vivaldi may be the last browser that cares about its users.

Xubuntu 23.10, codenamed “Mantic Minotaur,” is due to climb out of the development labyrinth on Thursday, October 12, 2023.

September has arrived, and cooler days are finally ahead in the northern hemisphere.

I’m excited to present MenuLibre’s latest development release, MenuLibre 2.3.2.

MenuLibre 2.3.1 is now available!

Many of us are exiting another drab, grey winter season.

Xubuntu Minimal provides a lighter-weight alternative to the full-size Xubuntu desktop.

We have much to report in the Xubuntu development update for March 2023!

Out of the box, Xubuntu supports Debian, Snap, and AppImage packages with no additional configuration or installation packages.

Time flies when you’re having fun.

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