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.



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.