Download Ubuntu Linux 7.10 RC

The folks at Ubuntu have released the first release candidate of Ubuntu Linux 7.10 prepared† The new version of ‘Gutsy Gibbon’, the codename of the development branch, is available from this page for x86, amd64 and ppc systems. The ‘final’ version of the 7.10 branch should be released this month.

Ubuntu Linux 7.10 comes with, among other things, Gnome 2.20 and is also equipped with a large number of new features. For example, it is possible to search for files and programs from the desktop via the Deskbar Applet, it is no longer necessary to use the terminal to change video and screen properties and printers are installed and configured automatically. It is also possible to read and write files to hard drives formatted with the ntfs file system.

Below you can read what the developers have written about Ubuntu Linux 7.10 RC:

The Ubuntu developers are hurrying to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software that the open source and free software communities have to offer. This is the Ubuntu 7.10 release candidate, which brings a host of excellent new features.

We consider this release candidate to be complete, stable and suitable for testing by any user. The final stable version will be released in October 2007.