Ubuntu 7.10 released

Technology » Operating Systems » Linux - 17/10/2007

The new, long awaited version of Ubuntu Linux, the Gutsy Gibbon, is finally released. With it, also released all it's family members: Kubuntu and Edubuntu. Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Edition adds an enhanced user interface, improved hardware support, multiple monitor support and integrated desktop search.  The Server Edition features improved functionality, manageability, pro-active security and hardware compatibility and delivers a rapid deployment platform for developers and businesses.

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, with a fast and easy install and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Read more about the features of Ubuntu 7.10 in the following press releases:

Ubuntu 7.10: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu710
Desktop edition: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-desktop710
Server edition: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-server710
Ubuntu family: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-family710

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support

Ubuntu 7.10 will be supported for 18 months on both desktops and servers. Users requiring a longer support lifetime on servers may choose to continue using Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, with security support until 2011, rather than upgrade to or install 7.10.

Ubuntu 7.10 is also the basis for new 7.10 releases of Kubuntu and Edubuntu:

Kubuntu announcement:
http://kubuntu.org/announcements/7.10-release.php

Edubuntu announcement:
http://www.edubuntu.org/news/7.10-release

To Get Ubuntu 7.10
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To download Ubuntu 7.10, or obtain CDs, visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu

Users of Ubuntu 7.04 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 7.10 via Update Manager. As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of charge. For further information about upgrading, see

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document caveats and workarounds for known issues. They are available at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/710

Find out what's new in this release with a graphical tour:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/710tour

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren't sure, try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel, on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:

#ubuntu on irc.freenode.net
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users