List of New Features in Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" | Linux Today

List of New Features in Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex”

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 26, 2008

“Known Features

“[LINK] GNOME 2.24.x. (GNOME 2.23.90 development version at the
moment.)
[LINK] Nautilus finally has tab support and can now restore from
Trash.
[LINK] UPDATED File-roller (“Archive Manager”) now uses p7zip to
extract archives, so it supports ALZ, RZIP, CAB, TAR.7Z now
also.
[LINK] Empathy IM client and Hamster time tracker are two new
applications that have been accepted into GNOME 2.24 “module
suite.”
[TOBE] When you try to log out, shutdown, etc. with (a) program(s)
open, a warning pops up stating you must close all applications
first.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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