Early results in a study that aims to track open source installations in business has seen Ubuntu and Firefox race to the top of the charts.
Fans of Ubuntu, the version of Linux developed by start-up Canonical and its open-source allies, now have a name and a priority for the version due in October: Intrepid Ibex will be designed to make mobile computing better.
Canonical has announced the release of Gutsy Gibbon, version 7.10 of its Ubuntu Linux operating system.
On Thursday, Canonical plans to release "Gutsy Gibbon," the Ubuntu Linux version 7.10 that the company hopes will lay the foundation for a serious push into the server and other markets in six months.
Ubuntu Developer Jono Bacon posted news of the new version on a mailing list and his blog on Wednesday in the US. Hardy Heron will be the second of Canonical's Linux products to feature long-term support.
Ubuntu 7.10 was released on 18 October. Here's a screenshot gallery showing the popular desktop Linux distribution in action.
Hardy Heron is an incremental set of advances on earlier versions, but all the advances are in the right direction. Unfortunately, a known and unfixed bug means we can't currently recommend it for enterprise use.
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