Ubuntu release 6.10 Edgy Eft available
The final release of Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) is available from today. With enhanced security features, speedy startup and shutdown, this is an upgrade I’ll certainly be considering. The release of Firefox 2.0 was probably the one last issue holding back the release of Edgy. There’s also the inclusion of Tomboy, a note-taking application, F-Spot, the image manipulation application and a new release of Evolution. Upstart promises a cleaner user interface and much faster startup times, something that will be impressive indeed: the current startup time is already many times faster than my XP installation (there are quite a few startup programs that need to get going, to be fair), so any improvement would almost result in an instant-on! That’s the primary use I now have for Ubuntu: those times when you simply want to get going with mail and Internet access but can bear to wait five minutes for XP to start up.
Once I have some decent network connectivity I’ll get the latest Edgy Eft release here.
The next release has also been announced: Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn).
