Life on the bleeding edge: Ubuntu 7.10 Tribe 4
Submitted by srlinuxx on Fri, 08/10/2007 - 06:43.
Ubuntu's next release is planned for mid-October, as usual, with the codename "Gutsy Gibbon". In case you have no idea what a gibbon is (get used to it- Ubuntu 11.04 might be named "Naughty Nightjar"), Wikipedia can help. Gutsy is going to be another cutting-edge release, with AppArmor installed and parts of KDE 4 in Kubuntu- not to mention a full Compiz Fusion desktop by default. A rumor suggests Firefox 3 will be included. Don't worry, though, KDE 4 will be optional, GNOME will be at the stable version 2.20, and the planned kernel version is already stable- they're using 2.6.22.
Just for the sake of it, I tried out one of the "Tribe" CDs for Xubuntu. (Ubuntu devs give their alpha releases wacky names like "Tribe" all the time.) The install CD crashed before the kernel was done loading, so I made a separate Xubuntu 7.04 install and upgraded it to- cue music- the bleeding edge.
The software selection was noticeably up-to-date. It included Firefox 2, Gimp 2.3.18, Rhythmbox 0.11.1, and all the other good stuff.
Another Tribe 4 Review
Yesterday, tribe 4 was released and I did a fresh install in a virtual machine.
This release unlike the move from Edgy to Feisty looks promising, as it includes some nice new features for every day desktop users. By far my favorite is the deskbar, which is now shown on the top most panel by default. It is available in Feisty via the add to panel menu but most wouldn’t know how to get it up here.
Let’s start with the screen shots, all images can be clicked on to view the full size screen shot.
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