Sep
28
Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10) beta is out for testing and it contains tons of new features like
- GNOME 2.20 - with a whoe lot of changes
- Desktop 3D effects - Compiz Fusion
- Integrated Desktop search
- Fast user switching
- Firefox plug-ins support in Ubuntu
- Dynamic screen configuration
- Graphical configuration tool for X
- Fully automatic printer installation
- Handling of non-free device drivers
- NTFS writing - the much awaited support for writing to NTFS partition
- Server enhancements
- AppArmor security framework
- Additional installation profiles for Ubuntu Server
- Profile-based Authentication Configuration
- Improved thin-client support
Gutsy gonna kick some real butt. I’m planing to get a cedega subscription to do my gaming on linux. Ubuntu Really rocks.
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:22 pm
I’m really excited about this new flavor of Ubuntu as well. Aside from the desktop support I am excited for the pre-configured server installs.
October 5th, 2007 at 12:30 am
yeah man.. only 14 days to go… can’t wait either