Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the sixth and final alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10, code name "Intrepid Ibex": "Welcometo Intrepid Ibex Alpha 6, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.10. Newfeatures: the newest GNOME 2.23.91 desktop environment with tons ofbug-fixes and new features; X.Org 7.4 with much better support forhot-pluggable input devices such as tablets, keyboards, and mice; Linuxkernel 2.6.27 with better hardware support and numerous bug-fixes;encrypted private directory; guest session; Network Manager 0.7; DKMS,allowing kernel drivers to be automatically rebuilt when new kernelsare released; Samba 3.2 with clustered file server support, encryptednetwork transport, IPv6 support; PAM authentication framework." Find more details in the release announcement and release notes. Download (MD5): intrepid-desktop-i386.iso (696MB, torrent), intrepid-desktop-amd64.iso (698MB, torrent). Also available are alpha 6 CD images for Kubuntu 8.10, Xubuntu 8.10 and Ubuntu Studio 8.10.
