The first Beta release of Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 incorporated GNOME 3.8

Sep 5, 2013 18:16 GMT  ·  By

Lubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) Beta 1 has been officially announced a few minutes ago, and it is available for download (see link at the end of the article) from the usual places.

What's new in Lubuntu 13.10 Beta 1? Well, the Chromium web browser has been replaced with the popular Mozilla Firefox, XScreensaver has been removed, and ZRam has been added, enabling the desktop installer to work on older hardware, especially computers with lower RAM.

The new artwork has been included in this first Beta release of the upcoming Lubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) Linux operating system, and Linux kernel 3.11 is part of the system.

Download Lubuntu 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.