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Gutsy Gibbon

Ubuntu 7.10 is the current DEVELOPMENT version of the Ubuntu operating system. It will be released October, 2007. The common name given to this release from the time of its early development was “Gutsy Gibbon”.

Before you start

• You can only directly upgrade to Ubuntu 7.10 (”Gutsy Gibbon”) from Ubuntu 7.04 (”Feisty Fawn”)
• Be sure that you have all updates applied to Ubuntu 7.04 before you upgrade

Note: If you have a version of Ubuntu which was released before Ubuntu 7.04, please see Installation/UpgradeFromOldVersion for information on how to upgrade.

Ubuntu Beta upgrade

Note: these instructions apply to the Beta release and will be removed when 7.10 is released

If you wish to participate in testing the Ubuntu 7.10 beta, you can easily upgrade over the network with the following procedure. People upgrading after the final release will not need to use the command line.

1. Press Alt+F2 to run a command, or open a terminal window
2. Run the following command:

   update-manager -d

3. Follow the on-screen instructions

If you have a working network connection, it should then inform you of the new release and offer to upgrade your system. Read the rest of this entry »

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