What Normal Users Can Expect From Ubuntu 8.10

notthatwillsmith writes "With Ubuntu 8.10 due to be released in just a few days, Maximum PC pored through all the enhancements, updates, and new features that are bundled into the release of Intrepid Ibex and separated out the new features that are most exciting for Linux desktop users. Things to be excited about? With new versions of GNOME and X.Org, there's quite a bit, ranging from the context-sensitive Deskbar search to an audio and video compatible SIP client to the new Network Manager (manage wired, Wi-Fi, VPN, and cellular broadband connections in one place)."

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True: Get a Clue

[Doc Ruby]

As I said, the Cell arch port is a community supported port of Ubuntu, not an officially supported one from Canonical:

We need developers! It's very early days for this community supported port and we need all the hands we can get to physically make the port stable and current.

The community is a real one that develops the port available from the ubuntu.com website. But it's community supported, not by the Canonical team, and they need developers. Just like I said.

So, Anonymous FUD Coward, take back your attempt to monkeywrench this community effort and scare off needed developers. You're exactly the opposite of what FOSS projects need.

...there are many others that do [like it].

[snikulin]

Brown is a new White and MS has Zune to prove it!
But seriously, I always was perplexed by brown Ubuntu background. With so many arrows in the back of Zune... Or was it Shuttleworth first and MS a copycat?

Re:My Experience

[QCompson]

I would like to add my 0.02. I installed Ubuntu 8.10 about a month ago due to getting a new pc with an intel ich - 10 (or whatever) chipset where hardy (the great stable one) wouldn't recognise my hard drive (pain in the arse). So I installed intrepid and in the beginning there were constant application crashes, nvidia issues, then my wireless card stopped working and I couldn't even compile serialmonkey's drivers! But now I am siting pretty, new vlc, new gnome, new gimp, open office 3.0 (from a ppa repo), new deluge ... its all great. Nvidia drivers work flawlessly and I even got 2 screens working (a 22 inch samsung and a CRT TV) without manually editting xorg.conf!! (amazing!). Virtualbox runs in seamless mode so I can use the few windows apps I can't live without (mostly for Uni) and ... its really great! So in conclusion, if you want the latest and greatest free software then I highly recommend that you try Ubuntu 8.10, it works fabulously for me. If you want a super stable free software OS then use 8.04.1.

Wow thanks for the tip, Captain Obvious! To sum up your experience, the new Ubuntu release in pre-beta state is unstable and has some bugs, while the older officially released Ubuntu is stable and reliable. Shocking!

Re:Newbie Question

[Risen888]

You're full of shit.

WHY HAVEN'T THEY FIXED WINDOWS NETWORK BROWSING??

[Computershack]

Windows Network browsing is STILL BROKEN in Nautilus. They fucked it up in 8.04, as it was working in 7.10, and they've still not fixed it.
Also, the hard drive load cycle bug has only been half fixed. Why? They know how to fix it - people have submitted full fixes in bugtraq.

Fuck Ubuntu. Getting a bit pissed off with the shitty quality control they now have due to being hellbent on releasing every 6 months on the dot despite all the show stopper bugs.