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Ubuntu team has released the first beta of Ubuntu 8.10 code named Intrepid Ibex. There are couple of issues I'm having with Ubuntu 8.10.
The 1st one is the ATI proprietary driver fglrx which is not compatible with the new Xorg, so Ubuntu will default you to open source driver which is quite slow in my system. Using GMail in Firefox is also terribly slow. I'm not sure if it's due to the driver issue or Firefox issue or installation issue on my laptop.
The 2nd one is webcam. Ubuntu 8.10 detected my webcam as usb camera (It's a built in webcam). Ubuntu 8.04 and previous version correctly detected it as Logitech Quickcam and the video worked fine on AMSN, Skype etc. The video doesn't work with AMSN in Ubuntu 8.10 and with Skype, I get only green color with my face outline. I'm not sure if it's a known bug.
The reason why I'm still with 8.10 is the wireless network. It's works much better and detects and connects to the network much better. Again there is an issue here. Network manager doesn't store the key. You have to enter the key each time.

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I upgraded my Ubuntu installation in my laptop Acer Travelmate 8204 from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10. It's an upgrade and not a fresh installation. I had both Ubuntu and Kubuntu 8.04 installed in my laptop and I set Kubuntu as default and was using that for the past few weeks to test KDE 4.1. I didn't want to download the complete ISO file of the alpha version to upgrade, but I couldn't find an option in Kubuntu to do a pre-release upgrade. I used update-manager -d in a Kubuntu terminal and it started the Ubuntu upgrade manager. I proceded with the upgrade.

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Ubuntu has released their 6th and final alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10. Along with lots of bug fixes, alpha 6 also contains

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Ubuntu team has released their 5th (and I think final) alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10. Alpha 5 brings the following changes:

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Ubuntu team has released their 4th alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10 code named Intrepid Ibex. Some of the new features in this release includes

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Ubuntu team has released the 3rd alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10 code named Intrepid Ibex. Alpha 3 has Xorg 7.4 and Linux kernel 2.6.26-4.11. This is an alpha version, so it's not suitable for regular use. Here are some of the known bugs in alpha 3:

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Ubuntu team has released the 1st alpha of Ubuntu 8.10, code named Intrepid Ibex. As of now, the alpha 1 contains re-merging of changes from Debian and the upgrade of the Linux kernel to a pre-release version of 2.6.26. Alpha 1 does not have a live CD. You have to use alternate installer to install alpha 1 or you can upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 by issuing the command update-manager -d. We'll come to know about the new features as the work progresses.

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Here is the tentative release schedule of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex.

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