The Ubuntu team is excited to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software that the open source and free software communities have to offer. This is Ubuntu 7.10, which brings a host of excellent new features.
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FreeType developer David Turner posted some patches for Cairo and Xft that improved the rendering of fonts on LCD screens (but also CRTs with Trinitron layout). These were put up with the proviso that he was unsure whether they would infringe patented algorithms around Microsoft’s ClearType technology.
If you want to read these system messages, you can always do sudo mutt -f /var/mail/root if you are familiar with mutt. However, an easier and more efficient way to check this mail would be to have it forwarded to your user's local inbox, and then read it with your favorite email reader.
DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, modem, etc., necessary for running many old DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux and FreeBSD. However, it is not restricted to running only games. In theory, any DOS application should run in DOSBox, but the emphasis has been on getting DOS games to run smoothly, which means that communication, networking and printer support are still in early developement.
One question I get all the time is "What package is that file in?" There's a really easy way to find out yourself. It's called apt-file and it can search for a file in any package (installed or not). It's really easy to use: