Canonical's Ubuntu has been going strong just like its latest yet-to-be release name suggests. Intrepid Ibex - is ready to hit the markets on the 30th of this October. Before every release, I agree with myself to not upgrade/re-install in order to not having to go through the pain of configuring stuff all over again, but I end up doing it out of the immense curiosity and love that I have for Ubuntu. For those of you living on cutting edge software, and for those desperately waiting for fixes and drivers for some of their hardware, get ready to gear up your Internet connections to download the release next Thursday. If you are one of those who like living life on the safe side of Long Term releases, feel free to skip this release. This doesn't mean that this release is not worth noticing. It definitely is, for me. My Thinkpad R500 barely worked onHardy and X.org couldn't do anything with my display on Gutsy. But, on Ibex, my laptop runs at full steam with Wireless, Audio and Graphics working out of the box without me having to install or enable any additional drivers. The availability of Open Office 3.0 comes as a blessing, and I was one of the first ones to download the final build. (Yeah, curse me for the slow speeds and for the OpenOffice.org website going down). The good news is that Ibex comes with OOo 3.0 by default. As a user who doesn't really exploit most of the features of Linux, I couldn't really find many new features. When I say features, I mean those that add more/new functionality to the end-user. One new thing that I noticed was the integrated icon for Pidgin and the User Switcher icon in the taskbar. .. to be continued .. ... apparently not...

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