{"id":705,"date":"2008-10-30T18:00:52","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-03-23T22:31:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T22:31:27","slug":"kubuntu-8-10-refreshes-the-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kubuntu.org\/news\/kubuntu-8-10-refreshes-the-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Kubuntu 8.10 Refreshes the Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today sees the release of Kubuntu 8.10 featuring the KDE 4 desktop. The Kubuntu developers have been hard at work, bringing you the latest and greatest software the open source community has to offer. KDE 4 reworks your system with a major new revision of the desktop.<\/p>\n

This Intrepid release lives up to its name by including many changes, but there are some features that are not yet available in KDE 4. If you would rather stay with what you know then remember that Kubuntu 8.04 is still fully supported, see KDE3-KDE4Migration<\/a> and Is KDE 4.1 for you?<\/a> for more information on deciding. You can try it first with the Kubuntu Intrepid Live CD to see for yourself whether or not it really is “for you”.<\/p>\n



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Get Kubuntu 8.10<\/h1>\n

Upgrading from 8.04<\/h2>\n

To upgrade from Kubuntu 8.04, press Alt+F2 and type in kdesudo “adept_manager –dist-upgrade”<\/span> (including quotes) into the command box. Adept should open up and offer a Version Upgrade button. Click Version Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.<\/p>\n

See the full upgrade instructions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Download the CD<\/h2>\n

If you want to do a new install of Kubuntu the easiest way is to download a CD<\/a>. You can also request a free CD<\/a> if you are unable to download.<\/p>\n

New Features since Kubuntu 8.04<\/h1>\n

KDE 4!<\/h2>\n

At last, fully supported, the reworked desktop, KDE 4. Kubuntu ships with KDE 4.1.2.<\/p>\n

Featuring Plasma, the desktop with slick widgets<\/h3>\n

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By default, our Plasma desktop has a customized offering of widgets, bringing the best configurations that our KDE3 desktop had back to KDE4, along with some new additions such as the QuickAccess plasmoid in the panel which provides quick access to the files in your home directory.<\/p>\n


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Taskmanager tooltips have also been backported from KDE trunk.<\/p>\n


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Desktop Effects<\/h3>\n

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Dedicated File Manager<\/h3>\n

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Dolphin gets a breath of fresh air in KDE 4, with numerous new features, a load of bugfixes, and those tiny polishing details that make Dolphin a very capable file manager. As in past releases, Konqueror is still available for file browsing if you prefer it.<\/p>\n


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Discover more about KDE 4.1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adept 3.0<\/h3>\n

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A new desktop needs a new package manager, Adept 3 fulfills that need.
\nAdept 3.0 brings a fresh KDE 4 interface that is much more stable, nimble and easy on system resources.<\/p>\n


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Apport and Update Notifier<\/h3>\n

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The all new update-notifier-kde tells you when you need to update and acts as crash notification for Apport so you can easily tell us when you have a problem. The current release also supports notification when upgrades require a reboot, as well as upgrade hooks.<\/p>\n

Support for Keyboard Multimedia Keys<\/h3>\n

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In Intrepid Ibex, KMix now supports the multimedia-button functionality that various keyboards offer.<\/p>\n


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Kubuntu Integration<\/h3>\n

All the essential Kubuntu tools have been given greater integration with KDE 4 with ports to to PyKDE4:<\/p>\n