In the midst of Apple announcing its upcoming $129 Leopard OS, Canonical Ltd. announced today version 7.10 (aka Gutsy) of the free Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu editions, which will be released on October 18, 2007.
The latest version of the Ubuntu Desktop edition will include 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
Windows compatibility - Users with a dual partition can read from and write to files that are on located in a Windows partition (including NTFS)
Enhanced user interface - Simple 3D screen effects and graphics
Desktop search - the ability to search your entire desktop, whether for files, folders, chat logs or photos
Firefox plugins - automatic installation of popular Firefox plugins
As many AppScout and Gearlog readers know, I've been running Ubuntu at home for almost two months. Surprisingly, my boyfriend and I are quite happy with the free OS. We've learned a lot of useful information, new programs, and the Compiz Fusion effects make the desktop look awesome. My boyfriend heavily uses Adobe software, so after the Gusty upgrades, that was the only thing we really missed. The big thing is that we don't miss being scared to surf the net or downloading files, and our antivirus popping up every two seconds while using Windows.The screenshot above is from our Dell Inspiron 530 loaded with Ubuntu version 7.04.
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