Posted on Thursday 19th of April 2007 at 06:11 in Linux

Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04 is released

The long term poster child of the usable Linux movement has had it's latest iteration pushed into the public domain.

The full news release is available on the Canonical site. Features in this new version include:

Windows migration tool: The new migration tool recognizes Internet Explorer bookmarks, Firefox favorites, desktop wallpaper, AOL IM and Yahoo IM contacts, and imports them all into Ubuntu during installation. This offers easier and faster migration for new users of Ubuntu and individuals wanting to run a dual-boot system.

Simpler multimedia: A new guided wizard for automatically installing multimedia codecs not shipped with Ubuntu gives users a safe and easy way to view music and videos.

Plug and play network sharing with Avahi: This new feature allows users to automatically discover and join a wireless network to share music, find printers and more.

Best of the open source world: Ubuntu 7.04 supports the Linux 2.6.20 kernel, the recent GNOME 2.18 desktop environment, and thousands of additional applications.

You can download this new release from the Ubuntu downloads page but I would recommend using the Torrent if possible - the servers are swamped with all the HTTP download connections active as the world tries to savour the open source flavour.

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