Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 5 has been released. "The Ubuntu developers are hurrying to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 5 is the fifth alpha release of Ubuntu 7.10, and this alpha release brings a host of excellent new features."
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Member since:2005-11-05
From this gutsy desktop:
jeff@desktopmonster:/sys/module/usb_storage$ apt-cache search '(libvirt|xenman)'
libvirt-dev - development files for the libvirt library
libvirt0 - library for interfacing with Xen & other virtualization systems
python-xen-3.1 - python bindings for Xen, a Virtual Machine Monitor
libvirt-bin - the programs for the libvirt library
python-libvirt - libvirt python bindings
ubuntu-xen-desktop - Xen software for running on desktops
xenman - A graphical Xen management tool
Xenman is actually a pretty good xen "management gui" and seems to match virt-manager (redhat's tool) in feature parity. It looks like the virt-manager package wasn't good enough to make it into the archive yet though. Since all of it's deps (libvirt*) are in the repos, it will make the LTS release for sure.
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2005-07-08
Unfortunately, the core of Xorg 7.3, Xserver 1.4, will not be released until after the Gutsy feature freeze. Therefore, the Ubuntu devs have decided to stick with Xserver 1.3 for Gutsy. XRandR 1.2 is in.
On the bright side, it's likely that Gutsy+1, the next LTS release, will feature Xorg 7.4. Next spring looks like a great time for the Linux desktop. KDE4, Compiz, Xorg, FOSS drivers for Intel and possibly NVIDIA graphics, KVM, Devicescape, and more will be in good shape by then. No Year of Desktop Linux, but progress will be made.
I like what I see in Gutsy, though. XRandR 1.2 and the configuration tool is the obvious headliner, but the printer support looks great, and AppArmor is a nice plus. A virtual machine manager, please? Red Hat's looks nice.