Packages installed during xubuntu installation. Ubuntu installs a customized version of xfce: sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

xfce packages

abiword abiword-common abiword-plugin-grammar
abiword-plugin-mathview blueman brltty-x11 catfish flex
fonts-droid gigolo gimp gimp-data gmusicbrowser
gnome-desktop-data gnome-time-admin gnumeric gnumeric-common
gnumeric-doc gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs gthumb gthumb-data
indicator-application-gtk2 indicator-messages-gtk2
indicator-sound-gtk2 indicator-status-provider-pidgin leafpad
libabiword-2.9 libbabl-0.0-0 libcolamd2.7.1 libdigest-crc-perl
libfl-dev libgdome2-0 libgdome2-cpp-smart0c2a libgegl-0.0-0
libgimp2.0 libgoffice-0.8-8 libgoffice-0.8-8-common libgsf-1-114
libgsf-1-common libgstreamer-perl libgtkmathview0c2a libgtkspell0
libido-0.1-0 libintl-perl liblink-grammar4 libloudmouth1-0
libotr2 libots0 libsexy2 libtagc0 libwv-1.2-4 libxfcegui4-4
lightdm-gtk-greeter link-grammar-dictionaries-en
linux-headers-3.2.0-45-generic linux-headers-generic lp-solve
orage parole pastebinit pavucontrol pidgin pidgin-data
pidgin-libnotify pidgin-microblog pidgin-otr
plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text
python-configobj ristretto screensaver-default-images
shimmer-themes thunar-archive-plugin thunar-media-tags-plugin
thunderbird thunderbird-globalmenu ttf-droid ttf-lyx xchat
xchat-common xfburn xfce4-appfinder xfce4-cpugraph-plugin
xfce4-datetime-plugin xfce4-dict xfce4-indicator-plugin
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin xfce4-netload-plugin xfce4-notes
xfce4-notes-plugin xfce4-notifyd xfce4-places-plugin
xfce4-power-manager xfce4-power-manager-data
xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin xfce4-screenshooter xfce4-session
xfce4-settings xfce4-systemload-plugin xfce4-taskmanager
xfce4-terminal xfce4-utils xfce4-verve-plugin xfce4-volumed
xfce4-weather-plugin xfce4-xkb-plugin xfdesktop4 xfdesktop4-data
xfwm4 xscreensaver xscreensaver-data xscreensaver-gl
xubuntu-artwork xubuntu-default-settings xubuntu-desktop
xubuntu-docs xubuntu-icon-theme xubuntu-wallpapers