Third Alpha release of Ubuntu 7.10 is here

Jul 20, 2007 06:26 GMT  ·  By

The third Alpha release of the upcoming Ubuntu 7.10 (codename Gutsy Gibbon) was released last night. Tribe 3 comes with a new kernel, the 2.6.22 mainline (Linus), which has a full range of new features. "The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 3 is the third alpha release of Ubuntu 7.10, and with this new alpha release comes a whole host of excellent new features."

What's new in Ubuntu 7.10 Tribe 3?

? Latest Compiz Fusion ? Gnome 2.19.5 ? Power profiles ? Improvements to Rhythmbox ? Ebox ? AppArmor

What's new in Kubuntu 7.10 Tribe 3?

? New Artwork ? Dolphin by Default ? Strigi by Default ? Digikam 0.9.2 ? Kipi Plugins 0.1.4 ? KMail and GPG ? Compiz KDE ? KDE 4 Alpha 2

What's new in Xubuntu 7.10 Tribe 3?

? Oggconvert ? Xfce 4 Goodies ? Xfce4 Volume Status Icon ? Xfce4 CD Drive Plugin

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 second Alpha version of Ubuntu 7.10 right now from Softpedia.

You can download and test this second Alpha version of Kubuntu 7.10 right now from Softpedia.

You can download and test this second Alpha version of Xubuntu 7.10 right now from Softpedia.

You can download and test this second 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.