Ubuntu 6.10 "Edgy Eft" released
Canonical announced today the release of Ubuntu 6.10, codenamed Edgy Eft. Released every six months to reflect the release cycle of the GNOME desktop environment, the increasingly popular distribution provides a relatively cohesive desktop Linux experience with reliable free updates and recent versions of commonly used open source applications. The latest version features GNOME 2.16, XOrg 7.1 with built-in support for accelerated indirect GLX (AIGLX), and the 2.6.17 kernel.
Ubuntu 6.10, which includes the freshly released Firefox 2.0, sports the new Tangerine theme, designed to improve visual integration of the browser by making it better conform to Ubuntu's style. Other visual improvements are featured as well, including a new USplash startup screen that will provide better support for a wider range of resolutions. In addition to Firefox 2.0, Ubuntu 6.10 also includes OpenOffice 2.0.4, Gaim 2.0 beta 3.1, and recent versions of many other common applications.
