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Xubuntu 8.10 Released

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“PAM authentication framework

Xubuntu 8.10 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

Xubuntu 8.10 features a new plugin for the Totem movie player
that fetches free digital content from the BBC. To enable it, start
Totem (Applications -> Multimedia -> Movie Player), enable
the plugin (Edit -> Plugins -> BBC content viewer) and select
“BBC” from the drop-down labelled “Playlist”.

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

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