What’s to look forward to in Ubuntu 8.10?

Intrepid Ibex — what a name! And what’s up ahead with this Ubuntu release?

First up is the latest version of the GNOME desktop environment, GNOME 2.24 As such, File Roller has additional files being supported such as TAR.7Z and RZIP file types. Another improvement included is that of X.Org’s

But this is the feature that got me even more curious about the latest release: Network Manager will support 3G networks. I suppose this means I could connect to a #G network using my phone Sounds great for the days/weeks that we have troubles with the internet provider at home. This is also going to be awesome for those who want to be online any time using their laptops and netbooks.

Another interesting feature is the encrypted directory. You could store private files in ~/Private and have them encrypted. I hope to try this as soon as the update on my machine is done. This feature is said to be still new and this needs to get tested first. Hopefully this would have constant improvement so that users who want this kind of feature would find it nifty.

Which features are you looking forward to?