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Edgy Eft Knot 2 Released
Klaidas writes "The Ubuntu project has released a second Knot CD — an alpha version of Edgy Eft. Notable new features include a new 2.6.17 kernel, Gnome 2.16 beta 2, Firefox 2.0b1, OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 and much more. It is availible for download on Ubuntu's image server. The final stable version is still slated for release in October 2006."
Its not supposed to tell you anything.
Its a code-name. Its the devs having a little fun. The official name will be "Ubuntu 6.10". Think of it like "Windows Longhorn". Longhorn was the code-name. Does Longhorn tell you anything?
Today is the 2nd of September.
... to beta ... to release. Isn't that a bit optimistic? Particularly for a release that is developer driven and packed with candy.
Edgy Eft is scheduled for release "in October 2006".
That's about 60 days maximum to go from a 2nd alpha
Well, feature freeze is in 5 days, so the only things coming through the pipeline in those two months are bugfixes/security patches.
And even if it's not good enough, they can always fall back on "It's edgy eft! What are you complaining about?"
As a general FYI, Edgy Final should be out on the 26th of October, barring disaster or pushbacks.
A knot is the collective noun for newts (an eft is a young newt).
"Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience."
It tells me it'll take a long time to arrive, and likes to blow its own horn.