• 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.

Операционная система очень удобна во многих отношениях. Для конечного пользователя основным её преимуществом является бесплатность. Хотя, в действительности, это не основное преимущество Ubuntu, но очень весомое. В DVD-образ включено огромное число полезного софта, в т.ч. программа нарезки музыки, редакторы фото и видео материалов. Проигрыватели, "вьюверы" и многое другое.

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New Features in Intrepid

GNOME 2.24

Ubuntu brings you the newest GNOME 2.24 desktop environment with tons of bug-fixes and new features, some of which include: 

Nautilus file manager has tab support (by Christian Neumair) and Eject icons for removable drives in Places sidebar (by Stefano Teso, Cosimo Cecchi, Christian Neumair, and others). 

File Roller archive manager now supports ALZ, RZIP, CAB, TAR.7Z file types also (by Paolo Bacchilega and Changwoo Ryu). 

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. 

Samba 3.2

A lot of new features have been added in Samba 3.2 amongst them: 
clustered file server support 
encrypted network transport 
ipv6 support 
better integration with the latest version of Microsoft Windows™ clients and servers. 
 

PAM authentication framework

Ubuntu 8.10 Beta features a new pam-auth-update tool, which allows simple management of PAM authentication configuration for both desktops and servers (by Steve Langasek). Packages providing PAM modules will be configured automatically, and users can adjust their authentication preferences by running sudo pam-auth-update. 

More information can be found in the Ubuntu wiki. 
 

Totem BBC plugin

Ubuntu 8.10 Beta features a new plugin for the Totem movie player that fetches free digital content from the BBC. To enable it, start Totem (Applications -> Sound & Video -> Movie Player), enable the plugin (Edit -> Plugins -> BBC content viewer) and select "BBC" from the drop-down labelled "Playlist". The feed is fetched from a staging server at the moment so there may be a delay while it is downloaded. 

Thanks to the BBC and Collabora for their work developing this feature.

 

Known Issues

There are several known bugs that users may run into with Ubuntu 8.10 Beta. We have documented them here for your convenience along with any known workarounds. 

A problem that could result in corruption of the firmware on Intel GigE ethernet hardware has led to the disabling of the e1000e driver in the Linux kernel included in Ubuntu 8.10 Beta. Ethernet devices that use this driver cannot be used with Ubuntu 8.10 Beta; support for this hardware will be re-enabled in daily builds immediately after Beta and this issue will be resolved for the Ubuntu 8.10 final release. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263555 

Clicking on links in GNOME programs, such as evolution, will not launch firefox automatically due to a bug in a wrapper script used by the firefox-3.0 package. As a workaround, users can launch firefox manually and copy and paste links into the location bar. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275410 

NetworkManager 0.7 as included in Ubuntu 8.10 Beta is not compatible with static network configuration in /etc/network/interfaces. New installations are not affected by this issue because NetworkManager will manage all interfaces by default. Users upgrading from previous Ubuntu releases can work around this issue by disabling NetworkManager at startup. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256054 

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. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270423 

Installing an LTSP server fails with Ubuntu 8.10 beta because the CD is not recognized as an apt source. This will be resolved for the final release. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276349 

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