Saturday, October 25, 2008

What's new in Ubuntu 8.10 [Intrepid Ibex] ??

  • GNOME 2.24.x. (GNOME 2.23.91 development version at the moment.)
    •  Nautilus finally has tab support and can now restore from Trash.
    •  File Roller ("Archive Manager") now uses p7zip to extract archives, so it supports ALZ, RZIP, CAB, TAR.7Z now also.
    • Empathy IM client and Hamster time tracker are two new applications that have been accepted into GNOME 2.24 "module suite."
    • When you try to log out, shutdown, etc. with (a) program(s) open, a warning pops up stating you must close all applications first.
    • Redesigned "Quit..." menu very similar to Mac OS X's (unlike before which was similar to XP.)
  • Complete theme overhaul. (With alpha 4, the default theme was switched back to Human(-Murrine.))
  • OpenOffice.org 3.0.x with MS Office 2007 new file support.
  • Linux kernel 2.6.27 images have been prepared and will be uploaded soon to Intrepid.
  • Compiz 0.7.7 development release from Git with tons of new effects.
  • Network Manager 0.7.x with better network configuring and 3G support.
  • Ability to sign in as Guest via (Fast) User Switcher panel applet.
  • Default Adobe Flash 10.x.x.x (RC now) in repos to enhance Flash experience.
  • Improved Jockey ("Hardware Manager") to additionally download printer drivers when needed.
  • Official USB installation support for converting ISO CD image files into USB-live compatible files. EDIT: Work has started! Package usb-creator just got in
  • Ubiquity (Ubuntu installer) layout redesign.
    • An "Automatically sign in" option added at the fifth step of Ubiquity (Ubuntu installer) "Who are you?."
  • Secret ~/Private folder to encrypt anything you place into it.
  • X.Org 7.4, still in development, with X Server 1.5 and Mesa 7.1, is included in Intrepid.

POSTED BY - MOHIT YADAV [mohityadav.07@gmail.com]

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