Dear Sean! I did installation as your wrote in comment 14. I started with latest mini.iso from http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/ . Then selected *Xubuntu desktop* in tasksel. Here I got exactly the same result as your wrote. So no problem here. Such system has 1584 packages.
--- But if install only base system from mini.iso and then run `sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop` I get a lot stuff (including `gnome-control-center`) - so it is bad variant. So there is something wrong with handling of `APT::Install-Recommends` and/or `APT::Install-Suggests` in APT regarding `xubuntu-desktop` meta-package. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1754872 Title: gnome-control-center is unusable on xubuntu-desktop, but called from Gear (About this Computer, System Settings) icon, Text Entry Settings, clock (Time & Date Settings) Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in indicator-datetime package in Ubuntu: New Status in xubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1. Install `xubuntu-desktop` meta package on 18.04 LTS 2. Login to session 3a. Click on clock indicator on panel, select "Time & Date Settings" 3b. Click on Gear, select "About this Computer" or "System Settings" 3c. Click on keyboard layout indicator, select "Text Entry Settings" Expected results: xfce-oriented control center is opened Actual results: gnome-control-center is opened, but with empty window. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xubuntu-desktop 2.223 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-10.11-generic 4.15.3 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Mar 10 21:10:11 2018 SourcePackage: xubuntu-meta UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1754872/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp