Ubuntu announced today that Edgy is officially released. Desktop enhancements include:
- Tomboy, an easy-to-use and efficient note-taking tool
- F-Spot, a photo management tool that enables tagging, photo editing
and automatic uploading to on-line web management sites such as
Flickr - GNOME 2.16, which in addition to new features such as enhanced power
management, makes the GNOME desktop more secure, faster and more
stable - Substantially faster startup and shutdown with eye-catching
high-resolution graphics - The latest Firefox web browser, version 2.0, which offers inline spell
check support in web forms, easy recovery of crashed sessions, built-in
phishing detectors, enhanced search engine management with built in
OpenSearch support, and better support for previewing and
subscribing to web feeds - Proactive security features, preventing many common security
vulnerabilities even before they are discovered - Evolution 2.8.0, which brings new features such as vertical message
panes
Unfortunately, I didn’t see anything about the inclusion or automatic configuration of Compiz/Beryl. I’m upgrading the laptop that I’m blogging this from as I type via `apt-get dist-upgrade`. I also plan to install from scratch on a second hard drive, a new server I’m setting up, and my son’s laptop. I’ll blog back with results of how the upgrade and fresh installs go.
