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<img src="http://parcom.pro-networks.org/images/unbuntu.jpg" align="right" alt="Ubuntu 7.10 is outstanding"></img>Ubuntu 7.10 is outstanding
By Jeremy LaCroix
October 25, 2007 (9:00:00 AM)

Canonical this month released Ubuntu 7.10, codenamed Gutsy Gibbon. Like the Feisty Fawn release before it, Gutsy is a bleeding-edge distribution with a focus on new features and the newest free software applications. It's a speedy operating system with great new features and only a few minor issues.

Ubuntu comes in three main flavors. Ubuntu features GNOME as its desktop, Kubuntu uses KDE, and Xubuntu ships with Xfce. Other derivatives of Ubuntu include Gobuntu, which contains only free software and no closed source elements, and Edubuntu, which was designed for use in classrooms. All three main flavors of Gutsy feature the same installation methods as earlier versions.

You can boot Ubuntu as a live CD that includes a graphical installer, or set it up via an alternate installation CD, which allows for advanced options during a text-mode install. With version 7.10 there is now an option to encrypt your hard disk during the installation when using the alternate CD. The live CD installer is probably the easiest operating system install program I've ever used.

Powering my test machine is an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ processor, an Nvidia 7300GT video card, and 2GB of RAM. Anyone with standard hardware and around 256MB of memory should have no problem running Gutsy. I installed the 64-bit release of Gutsy. As with the previous release, installing a binary video card driver to enable hardware acceleration on my machine was a breeze.

[ZeroByte Profile]

I just install 7.10 and am very happy so far.

Likes:

Installation found all my hardware.

The entire install took 12 minutes from start to finish.

Comes with a good starter package of software including Firefox and OpenOffice.

Dislikes:

I know this is petty but the install only provided 2 desktop backgrounds.

I'll add more as I find it good and bad.

Oh I installed the 64bit version as well.

[anishsha Profile]

i have ubuntu 6.10... my screen is flickerinng when i try to load LIVE CD.. i have NVIDIA GEFORCE MX graphics card.. ubuntu 6.10 is not supporting nvidia drivers??