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Edgy Eft Knot 2 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the color-of-toast dept.

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."

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  1. Re:60 days? by Ian+Alexander · · Score: 5, Informative

    Today is the 2nd of September.
    Edgy Eft is scheduled for release "in October 2006".

    That's about 60 days maximum to go from a 2nd alpha ... to beta ... to release. Isn't that a bit optimistic? Particularly for a release that is developer driven and packed with candy.
     
    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.

  2. Re:Where does "knot" come from? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    A knot is the collective noun for newts (an eft is a young newt).

  3. A few things me likey by Gavin86 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Just skimming the specs of some of the new things implimented:
    • Optimized Live CD layout for faster boot
    • Thin clients local device support
    • Using dash instead of bash which makes the boot, "30s faster"
    • updated Galago
    • much faster shutdown process
    --
    "Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience."
  4. Re:"Edgy Eft"? Seriously? by Shemmie · · Score: 5, Funny

    It tells me it'll take a long time to arrive, and likes to blow its own horn.