Download Ubuntu Linux 7.10 beta

Few days ago, the people of Ubuntu released the first beta version of Ubuntu Linux 7.10 prepared. The 7.10 series is the successor to version 7.04 and has been given the code name ‘Gutsy Gibbon’. The new beta is available from this page from various mirror servers and BitTorrent for x86, AMD64 and Sparc systems.

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.

What other new features have been added to Ubuntu Linux 7.10 beta can be read in this document. Below are the release notes from the developers posted:

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 beta release, which brings a host of excellent new features.

Note: This is still a beta release. Don’t install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released in October 2007.