Jaunty Jackalope Feature
- Improved boot times! How? Through various tweaks and improvements;
- New bootsplash - A smaller and slicker loading bar and logo replaced the old splash;
- New login screen - Black with a big 3D Ubuntu logo on the bottom-right corner login screen;
- Two new wallpapers - the default one has swirly shapes on an orange-brown background and the other is brighter and has a bubbly design; also, a smooth fading transition effect will occur when changing wallpapers;
- Three new themes - New Wave, Dust and Dust Sand are sure to please most users;
- LZMA compression - available via the right click -> create archive option or in the File Roller application. LZMA offers high compression ratio and extremely fast decompression;
- New timezone map - It was redrawn and provides a more efficient way of choosing your timezone;
- Automatic keyboard detection - The Ubiquity installer will try to guess the keyboard layout that you're using;
- New notification framework - Semi-transparent black boxes will pop up to provide a quick look for different events: updates, network availability, new emails, instant messages, etc.;
- Improved terminal - When you open an application through the terminal and try to close the terminal, a warning will pop up;
- Improved screenshot utility - differentiating between the two ways of invoking it (either by opening it from the Main Menu or by pressing the Print Screen);
- Computer Janitor - Ubuntu now has a system cleaner that will get rid of all the cruft;
- Brasero - the default CD/DVD burning tool. Moreover, the "Write to disc" context menu option is now handled by Brasero;
- Amazing 3D desktop effects - Compiz Fusion was updated to properly support the GNOME desktop environment;
- PST support - in Evolution Email client;
- PulseAudio - as the default audio input/output framework and brings a redesigned volume control;
- New software updates notifications - the Software Updates window will now pop-up when important updates are available; after installing them, if neccessary, you will also be prompted, by another pop-up... to reboot the computer;
- Logout/Shutdown/Restart countdown timers - After selecting one of these functions, you will have 60 seconds to change your mind;
- Better Wacom tablets support - They will now be automatically recognized and enabled.
