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[brewin]

images/news/ubuntu.jpgUbuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) has been released.

It includes the following new features:

• Hardware management improvements - improved plug-and-play configuration for printers, as well as automatic firmware installation for Broadcom cards
  
• Improved support for display systems - For laptop users, full support external VGA (projector) support is available out-of-the-box with easy reconfiguration when hardware is switched. For power users this release includes the ability to manage multiple monitors
  
• Windows compatibility - Users with a dual partition can read from and and write to files that are on located in a Windows partition (including NTFS)
  
• Enhanced user interface – Simple 3D screen effects and graphics enhance the user experience
  
• Desktop search – gives users the ability to search their entire desktop, whether for files, folders, chat logs or photos. This capability includes the deskbar applet, a central location on users' desktops for all local and web search operations
  
• Firefox plugins - automatic installation of popular Firefox plugins validated by Ubuntu for a richer, safer web-browsing experience
  

Kubuntu 7.10 and Xubuntu 7.10 have also been released.

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[m.oreilly]

alright, i'll burn one up. thanks brew

[chriso_86]

Humm, interesting. They need to learn how to make non stupid code names, for crying out loud!!

[Nvyseal]

Has anyone given this a try for the PS3 yet?

[WFO]

Good news! The betas and RC's had trouble updating on my rigs. The updates would fail and I'd have to fix it. Fresh installs coming Saturday.

[m.oreilly]

hehe, the servers are overran atm. i'll try again in the next few days

[Camaro]

That they are, I had it upgrading on my laptop, been doing so for the past 6 hours. lol

[m.oreilly]

Camaro, on Oct 19 2007, 01:15 AM, said:

...I had it upgrading on my laptop, been doing so for the past 6 hours. lol

hehe, i did that with the last RC. took quite awhile. i finally got a serviceable speed on one of the mirrors, should have it in half an hour or so...

[m.oreilly]

lol. why oh why do i do this? hehe, because it installs. great for laptops with onboard everything. no audio. even after attempting to install the latest alsa. they couldn't make an OS more diffuclt to use if they spent their entire lives trying. just what is the facination with this distro? does run great on patty's 8 year old rig though...