The Ubuntu team is now ready to showcase the next upcoming version of their popular Linux operating system: Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft. It is currently in the Beta stage but it appears that they are progressing nicely and doing a great job of adding new features. If you are skeptical about installing a Beta release then you should hold off because the final version should be available within a month.
Here are some of the things that are new:
- New theme and bootup splash screen
- Tomboy - used for note-taking (pictured above)
- F-spot - photo manager
- Firefox 2
- OpenOffice 2.0.4 RC2
- GAIM 2.0 Beta 3
If you are currently running Ubuntu 6.06 then you can quickly upgrade to 6.10 if you choose to.
I haven’t tried running this version but Ubuntu hasn’t been very friendly with my laptop in the past. Luckily the wireless does work on it but that doesn’t makeup for the fact that Ubuntu can turn on my laptop’s fans. Sure it is always quiet but if you have this thing sitting on your lap then you’ll quickly notice how hot a laptop can get if it doesn’t have a fan. 
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Tags: Pre-Release, Software
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I like Ubuntu, but I cant stand that sickly brown color.
I couldn’t stand it at first either but I am definitely starting to warm up to it.
Ubuntu is the best Linux distro I’ve ever used. I wish Google would grow some steel ones and bring Goobuntu to market.
How is the wireless support? The last time I used Ubuntu, I had a very difficult time getting it setup for wireless internet. I’m using a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop with a IPW2100.
The wireless support has been amazing with both laptops that I have tried it on. According to this page your wireless should work fine, along with almost everything else for your model.
I’m wanting to set up another system exclusively for Ubuntu and see how it goes.