The first Beta of Xubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) features GTK 3.8 support

Sep 6, 2013 07:35 GMT  ·  By

Canonical also unleashed for download and testing the first Beta version of the upcoming Xubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) Linux operating systems, as part of the Beta 1 Saucy Salamander snapshots.

Xubuntu 13.10 Beta 1 comes with a new utility called GTK Theme Config, designed to allow users to change their theme's colors easily, as well as a brand-new version of the Xfce4 Settings package, which features a new dialog to set up your displays.

The first Beta release of Xubuntu 13.10 also introduces updated versions of the included GTK themes, which bring long-awaited GTK 3.8 support, fixing lots of visual bugs.

Last but not least, Xubuntu 13.10 Beta 1 fixes the theme of the LightDM greeter and switches to the 3.11.0.4 Ubuntu Linux kernel, which is based on the upstream Linux 3.11 RC7 kernel.

Download Xubuntu 13.10 Beta 1 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a beta version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.