This is a look at the fourth Alpha release of Hardy; including many of the applications that are now included by default and the major changes that will improve stability and usability. Among these are the addition of Firefox 3 and Remote Desktop on the applications side, and a new method for systems control known as Policy Kit, which enables the administrator to unlock certain functions for normal users.
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3rdalbum
16 years 35 weeks 18 hours 4 min ago
Good, but...
This is a good article. But about the Authorisations panel - it's a good thing if you're working with a network, but I'd really appreciate a similar program for setting permissions for individual programs. Ubuntu has AppArmour preinstalled, so why not allow the user an easy way to sandbox programs so they can't do any damage?