• Ubuntu – восходящая звезда на небосклоне Linux. В основе Ubuntu лежит Debian GNU/Linux, известный своей верностью традициям свободного ПО и связанным с этим консерватизмом. Разработчики Ubuntu также неукоснительно следуют своему манифесту (программное обеспечение должно быть бесплатным, локализованным, доступным людям с ограниченными возможностями и допускающим любые модификации), но при этом они придерживаются полугодового релиз-цикла. Каждый выпуск Ubuntu Linux поддерживается в течение 18 месяцев, что позволяет использовать его для решений, требующих стабильной платформы. Ubuntu Linux включает в себя самые последние версии ядра, графической среды X Window System, рабочей среды GNOME/KDE, других ключевых приложений и поддерживает платформы x86, AMD64 и PowerPC. Разработчики Ubuntu тщательно следят за тем, чтобы в дистрибутив были включены все возможные локализации и утилиты для людей с ограниченными возможностями, чтобы Ubuntu мог воспользоваться любой житель Земли.
    В переводе с одного из языков древнеафриканских племен "Ubuntu" значит "гуманность по отношению к другим людям". Организаторы проекта видят его миссию в применении этой идеи к миру программного обеспечения.

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New Features in Intrepid

GNOME 2.23.91

Ubuntu brings you the newest GNOME 2.23.91 desktop environment with tons of bug-fixes and new features, some of which include: 

Nautilus file manager has tab support and Eject icons for removable drives in Places sidebar. 

File Roller archive manager now supports ALZ, RZIP, CAB, TAR.7Z file types also. 

X.Org server 7.4

X.Org 7.4, the latest stable version of X.Org, is available in Intrepid. This release brings much better support for hot-pluggable input devices such as tablets, keyboards, and mice. At the same time this will allow the great majority of users to run without a /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. 
 

Linux kernel 2.6.27

The kernel team is evaluating use of Linux kernel 2.6.27 for Ubuntu 8.10, which is included in Intrepid Alpha 5 as part of this evaluation process. This is a significant release with better hardware and numerous bug-fixes which is believed will provide overall improvement for Ubuntu 8.10. Regressions in 2.6.27 should be reported to the Ubuntu kernel team via https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux. 

Encrypted private directory

The ecryptfs-utils package was recently promoted to Ubuntu main, with support for an secret encrypted folder in your Home Folder. 

You can help test this new feature, by going Applications → Accessories → Terminal and typing: 

sudo aptitude install ecryptfs-utils 

ecryptfs-setup-private  

Guest session
The User Switcher panel applet (package fast-user-switch-applet) now provides an extra entry for starting a Guest session. This creates a temporary password-less user account with restricted privileges: the account cannot access any users’ home directories, nor permanently store data. This is sufficiently safe to lend your laptop to someone else for a quick email check, or to use it as a surf station for guests in your house. 
 

Network Manager 0.7

Intrepid Ibex ships Network Manager 0.7, which comes with long-expected features, such as: 
system wide settings (i.e., no need to log in in order to get a connection) 
management of 3G connections (GSM/CDMA) 
management of multiple active devices at once 
management of PPP and PPPOE connections 
management of devices with static IP configurations 
route management for devices 

More information can be found on the Network Manager wiki. 
 

"Last successful boot" recovery entry

On each successful boot, Intrepid will retain a copy of your running kernel and make it available from the boot loader as a "Last successful boot" option. This makes it possible for old kernel packages to be safely auto-removed by the package manager, instead of being kept indefinitely. 
 

DKMS

DKMS is included in Alpha 5, allowing kernel drivers to be automatically rebuilt when new kernels are released. This makes it possible for kernel package updates to be made available immediately without waiting for rebuilds of driver packages, and without third-party driver packages becoming out of date when installing these kernel updates.
 

Known Issues

Users installing from DVD images and Xubuntu LiveCD images will be presented with an error message stating that "An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from CD failed." This prevents installing packages from the apt repository included on the LiveCD images, and therefore prevents use of OEM mode from the DVD, but should not otherwise interfere with installation from these images. The bug has been resolved for the upcoming intrepid beta.

When using the Kubuntu LiveCD, the ubiquity installer hangs at the end of the installation instead of prompting you to reboot. Investigation of this issue is ongoing; as a workaround, you can safely reboot to the new system by hand.

A list of known regressions regarding the 2.6.27 kernel has been assembled at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=regression-2.6.27

The X.Org configuration file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) still has InputDevice entries for the mouse and keyboard, but they are ignored now because input-hotplug is used. The keyboard settings come from /etc/default/console-setup, and to change them please use "sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup". After that, HAL and X need to restart. 

After upgrading to this version, some keys might misbehave in X. Please make sure you have set the keyboard model as Generic Evdev-managed keyboard in System → Preferences → Keyboard, in the tab Layouts. If some keys still have problems, please file a bug against xkeyboard-config, and provide the output of setxkbmap -print and xkbcomp :0 – both run in the Terminal. 

The gvfsd-trash daemon sometimes crashes on shutdown. Investigation of this issue is ongoing, however the bug is not believed to have practical impact for users beyond the apport crash reports themselves. Apport will be disabled prior to the final release. 

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