Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex Alpha 6

With the final stable release of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex set for October 30th 2008 the Alpha 6 version is out and offers us a sneak peek at the progress of the popular Linux distribution. The new alpha release includes a variety of enhancements and features along with some important bug fixes.

Some popular updates to Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 6:

• Gnome 2.23.91
• X.org Server 7.4
• Linux kernel 2.6.27
• encrypted private directory
• guest session
• network manager 0.7
• DKMS
• Samba 3.2
• PAM authentication framework

Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 6 Release Notes