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Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the might-be-time-for-a-topic-icon dept.

SDen writes "Bang on target, the new version of Ubuntu Linux is available for our downloading pleasure. Amongst various changes it sports updates to the installer, improved networking, and a new 'Mobile USB' version geared towards the blossoming netbook market. Grab a copy from the Ubuntu website, and check out Linux Format's hands-on look at the Ibex."

2 of 482 comments (clear)

  1. Is PulseAudio still there? by malevolentjelly · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Are the timidity packages still broken in amd64?

    How about Wine?

    Will my cardreaders be detected as CD-ROMs and fail to mount because they're not ISO 9660 formatted?

    Have they sorted out their issues with DAAP and iTunes 7 yet?

    Does networkmanager still corrupt its own configuration files?

    Is their compositing layer still ugly and shaky on middle-end modern hardware? ...if not, doesn't seem like News to me.

    Bottom line: Are they still advertising features that don't really work properly?

    Someone let me know when this platform grows up. I'll stick with Vista in the interim.

  2. Ugly Backgrounds by scorp1us · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sadly, the background is probably the most important part of the initial user experience. So why are all these backgrounds ass-ugly? They might have been cool in 1994 with the release of NIN's Downward Spiral, but this is 2008. Everything is glossy black and blue.

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