After the long wait, Ubuntu Linux 7.10 code name Gutsy Gibbon’ stable version is now available for download.

The new features since Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn are the following:

1. GNOME 2.20
2. Desktop 3D effects
3. Desktop search
4. Fast user switching
5. Firefox plugins in Ubuntu
6. Dynamic screen configuration
7. Graphical configuration tool for X
8. Fully automatic printer installation
9. Handling of non-free device drivers
10. NTFS writing
11. Power consumption
12. Encrypted hard disks
13. AppArmor security framework
14. Additional installation profiles for Ubuntu Server
15. Profile-based Authentication Configuration
16. Improved thin-client support

With more than a dozen of new features, Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon will surely make it’s way to become the best linux distribution available.

You can choose to download the current ubuntu release on the links below or you may choose to order the free cd from Canonical. I prefer to download it and at the same time order it because it usually takes a month or more before you recieve the Free CD.

Below are the links on where you can download Gutsy Gibbon:

Gutsy Gibbon - All Platform(direct torrent file download-4.2gb)

Ubuntu Download Page(iso file 700mb)

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