Ubuntu 7.10 Alpha 5 Brings New Printing System and X GUI

The fifth element ... ahem... Alpha release of the upcoming Ubuntu 7.10 (codename Gutsy Gibbon) was released last night. Tribe 5 comes with HOT new features and improvements, like a graphical configuration tool for X, new printing system and some hot Ubuntu Firefox features: "The Ubuntu developers are hurrying to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 5 is the fifth alpha release of Ubuntu 7.10, and this alpha release brings a host of excellent new features."

What's new in Ubuntu 7.10 Tribe 5?

• GNOME 2.19.90
• Graphical configuration tool for X that allows you to set up dual monitors, change the default resolution for all users or change your monitor's refresh rate without having to turn to the terminal


• New Features for Firefox

a). Apt-Enabled Plugin Finder Wizard


b). Extension Manager integration


• New Printing System which creates a default virtual PDF printer. Also, gnome-cups-manager has been replaced with system-config-printer.

• Improved Restricted Manager GUI

What's new in Kubuntu 7.10 Tribe 5?

• KDM Artwork
• Strigi is now fully integrated into Kubuntu
• KDE Sudo (GUI for sudo)
• OpenSync in KDE PIM
• KDE PIM Enterprise Branch
• KioskTool
• Adept has new hot features
• KMail and GPG
• Virtual Keyboard

What's new in Xubuntu 7.10 Tribe 5?

• Improved printing system
• New Features for Firefox
• Artwork Updates
• The Desktop has been rearranged