Ubuntu 8.10 (code named Intrepid Ibex) was released today. This release offers many new features including Gnome 2.24, X.Org 7.4, and Linux Kernel version 2.6.27.

For those who don't know, Ubuntu is a version of the open source Linux operating system. Ubuntu tries to combine enterprise-class stability, while still giving users access to the latest software applications and making it easy for new users to start using Linux. The previous version of Ubuntu, code named Hardy Heron, was a Long Term Support (LTS) release, meaning that it will be supported for a longer period of time than other