The distribution has made the transition to GNOME 3.8

Jul 26, 2013 07:38 GMT  ·  By

Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 Alpha 2 (Saucy Salamander) is now available for download and a short screenshot tour is available on Softpedia.

The biggest change in Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 Alpha 2 (Saucy Salamander) is the introduction of the GNOME 3.8 packages.

Highlights of Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 Alpha 2:

• The Accounts menu item in Empathy no longer opens the Ubuntu Online Accounts dialog; • GNOME Online Accounts now handles the Google Two-Factor Authentication properly; • The Firefox homepage is now fully functional; • Owncloud file support has been enabled in gvfs; • The Power menu is no longer missing in GNOME Shell.

More details about the first GNOME-flavored Ubuntu can be found in the official announcement.

Download Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 Alpha 2 (Saucy Salamander) right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.

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