Canonical launches latest Ubuntu Release for Desktops and Servers version. The code name given to this release is “Edgy Eft”.

The Edgy Eft release also includes new versions of Kubuntu and Edubuntu.

Ubuntu 6.10 offers a cleaner, sharper design, together with new and enhanced desktop applications and advances in security. Ubuntu 6.10 is freely available and will be maintained for 18 months, with free security updates for everybody.

New features in Ubuntu 6.10:

• New Startup screen
• GNOME 2.16
• Tomboy pre-installed
• F-spot replacement of gthumb
• New Evolution 2.8.0
• Firefox 2.0
• OpenOffice 2.0.4
• Gaim 2.0 beta 3.1
• Orca replacement of Gnopernicus
• User Interface improvements
• and much more

Download Ubuntu from www.ubuntu.com/download

For more information visit www.ubuntu.com.

For a step-by-step guide on how to upgrade from Ubuntu 6.06 LTS(Drake) to an Edgy Eft.

The Ubuntu 6.10 release supports PC (Intel x86), 64-bit PC (AMD64), Sun UltraSPARC and T1 (Sun Fire T1000 and T2000), PowerPC (Apple iBook, Powerbook, G4 and G5) and OpenPower (Power5) architectures.