Gutsy Gibbon escapes!

Last Thursday, Ubuntu released their Gutsy Gibbon version of their popular Linux distribution. Accurately labeled as version 7.10, this new Ubuntu release boasts of a lot of new features and improvements.

Gutsy Gibbon escapes!

Listed on its main website, there are 16 featured improvements affecting the following:

  • GNOME 2.20
  • Desktop 3D effects
  • Desktop search
  • Fast user switching
  • Firefox plugins in Ubuntu
  • Dynamic screen configuration
  • Graphical configuration tool for X
  • Fully automatic printer installation
  • Handling of non-free device drivers
  • NTFS writing
  • Power consumption
  • Encrypted hard disks
  • AppArmor security framework
  • Additional installation profiles for Ubuntu Server
  • Profile-based Authentication Configuration
  • Improved thin-client support

For more detailed description of these new features, please visit their website.

Anyway, I have this version running as a guest OS on vmware fusion on my Mac and I must say that it rocks! It runs uberfast to a point that you may think that it is not running as a guest OS! Try it out and see.


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