14 DAY TRIAL // The fourth Alpha release of the upcoming Ubuntu 7.10 (codename Gutsy Gibbon) was released last night. Tribe 4 comes with many new features and improvements, fast user switching, new shutdown splash and an improved desktop search tool: "The Ubuntu developers are hurrying to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 4 is the fourth alpha release of Ubuntu 7.10, and this alpha release brings a host of excellent new features."
What's new in Ubuntu 7.10 Tribe 4?
? GNOME 2.19.6 ? Desktop search with Tracker ? Fast user switching ? Deskbar applet ? OpenOffice.org 2.3 ? AppArmor by default ? Smooth shutdown splash
What's new in Kubuntu 7.10 Tribe 4?
? Restricted Manager ? Qt 4.3.1 ? Edubuntu KDE ? Dist upgrade with Adept ? KMail and GPG ? KDE 4 Beta 1 ? OpenOffice.org 2.3
What's new in Xubuntu 7.10 Tribe 4?
? Artwork Updates ? Ebox - network services control tool
Ubuntu 7.10 release schedule:
? June 7th - Tribe CD 1 (first alpha release)
? June 28st - Tribe CD 2 (second alpha release)
? July 19th - Tribe CD 3 (third alpha release)
? August 9th - Tribe CD 4 (fourth alpha release)
? August 23rd - Tribe CD 5 (fifth alpha release)
? September 6th - Tribe CD 6 (sixth alpha release)
? September 27th - Beta Release
? October 11th - Release Candidate
? October 18th - Final Release
You can download and test this fourth Alpha version of Ubuntu 7.10 right now from Softpedia.
You can download and test this fourth Alpha version of Kubuntu 7.10 right now from Softpedia.
You can download and test this fourth Alpha version of Xubuntu 7.10 right now from Softpedia.
You can download and test this fourth Alpha version of Edubuntu 7.10 right now from Softpedia.
And remember: this is still an alpha release and it is not recommended to be installed on production machines. The final stable version or Ubuntu 7.10 will be released in October 2007. Please report bugs through the Ubuntu bug tracker.