| Third Ubuntu Linux v6.10 alpha emerges |
Sep. 18, 2006
 Tollef Fog Heen of the Ubuntu development team on Sept. 16 announced the third alpha release (codenamed "Knot CD") of Ubuntu 6.10. The new Ubuntu version features a 2.6.17 Linux kernel and comes with the GNOME desktop environment.
"The primary changes from Knot 2 have been finalizing of feature goals and bugfixing," Heen wrote in the release announcement. "Common to all variants, we have changed the init system from the venerable sysvinit to upstart which is an event-driven init script system. In addition, all derivatives have new artwork, both for usplash as well as for login managers and default backgrounds."
In Ubuntu, GNOME has been updated to 2.16.0, Heen said. In Kubuntu, Konversation 1.0 has been added. For Xubuntu, the XFce core applications have been upgraded to 4.4 release candidate 1, he added.
Standard features in Ubuntu, as listed by the team, include:- OpenOffice.org 2.03
- GAIM 2.0 messenger
- GIMP 2.2.13 graphics editor
- MySQL 5.0.22 database
"Desktop" and "Alternate" CD images (668MB) for three architectures can be downloaded from the project's main download server here.
CD images for Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu are also available.
Screen shots can be viewed on the Ubuntu site and at OSDir.com.
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