Ultimate Edition 2.9 Is Now Available

Ultimate Edition 2.9 has been released. The latest update to the popular Ubuntu spin-off comes with updated packages, a number of desktop environments to choose from, more customization options and new apps.

"Ultimate Edition 2.9 was built off Ultimate Edition 2.8 which is built off Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat. All updates fully updated / upgraded old kernels purged, new initrd and vmlinuz rebuilt," Glenn Cady announced.

"Ultimate Edition 2.9 as with all odd release numbers was built with KDE users in mind. Ultimate Edition 2.9 has KDE, Gnome, Openbox and XFCE environments user selectable at login," he added.

"A crisp new theme (121 to choose from) & tons of new software. LXDE was broken at time of build on the 32 bit side, so it did not make the cut I am sorry," he explained.

Ultimate Edition 2.9 is based on Ultimate Edition 2.8 and, as such, doesn't add any big new features or changes. Packages have been updated to their latest version available in the repositories and there are more themes to choose from.

Ultimate Edition 2.9 continues the tradition of the Linux distro, there are plenty of apps to choose from, drivers and some non-free software come pre-installed, Compiz effects are turned all the way up to 11 and so on.

About Ultimate Edition

Created by TheeMahn, Ultimate Edition is a Linux distribution based on the popular Ubuntu operating system. It comes bundled with a lot more apps and tools than Ubuntu and it also has a very unique and somewhat over-the-top visual style.

Ultimate Edition was previously known as Ubuntu Ultimate and started life as Ubuntu Christmas Edition. There is also a specialized version, the Ultimate Edition Gamers, which includes all the applications from the Ultimate Edition and many Linux games, and a lightweight version, Ultimate Edition Lite, as well.

Ultimate Edition 2.9 is available for download here on Softpedia.