What’s new in the lastest release ubuntu server ?

Ubuntu Server Edition 8.10

Boot degraded raid settings
Compiler security-hardening features by default
DKMS
Encrypted private directory
Free portion of Landscape client inform administrators
Network services compiled as position independent executables
Network Manager 0.7
New installation profiles
Notable inclusions in main repository
“OpenLDAP using cn=config”
Pam authentication framework
Samba 3.2
Select-editor command
Server virtualization

python-vm-builder
Ubuntu as a Xen guest
JeOS now an option of the server installer
Simplified KVM virtualization environment [...]

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How to hide the mounted volumes in the desktop ?

Just type gconf-editor in your terminal and enter
then you will see configuration editor

Click apps and then nautilus

then click desktop and set the volumes_visible to false by unticking.
then close it.
Now you will see no mounted volumes in the desktop visiable .

* Note : I tried this in ubuntu 7.10.

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