Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 27th Mar 2009 01:04 UTC
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu Just now, both the server and desktop editions of the Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope beta have been released. It comes with a boatload of new features, some of which come courtesy of upstream. A new GNOME release, a new X.org release, a new notification system, they're all in there.
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RE[5]: What's next?
by sbergman27 on Sun 29th Mar 2009 23:58 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: What's next?"
sbergman27
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If you really want CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE functionality, why not do CTRL+ALT+F1 to get to a virtual console and then pkill the xserver from a different text-mode login? Does this not work anymore?

Well, that's not really CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE functionality. That's switching virtual terminals, logging in to a text console, and running a command line under sudo, after providing a suitable password, to kill the X server. What's the difference? Ask my nontechnical users. :-)

It's not needed often. But they know that if all else fails, they can CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE. This is an "improvement" that I will definitely be reverting.

Edited 2009-03-30 00:02 UTC

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