Ubuntu has released Ubuntu 6.10 yesterday. As the site states, "Ubuntu 6.10 offers a cleaner, sharper design, together with new and enhanced desktop applications and advances in security. Significantly faster boot up times and the best in leading edge free software technologies make the latest Ubuntu the first choice for many new and existing Linux users."

Ubuntu 6.10 also comes with a host of new features and updates:

Tomboy, an easy-to-use and efficient note-taking tool

F-Spot, a photo management tool that enables tagging, photo editing and automatic uploading to on-line web management sites such as Flickr

GNOME 2.16, which in addition to new features such as enhanced power management, makes the GNOME desktop more secure, faster and more stable

Upstart, a replacement start-up manager offering a cleaner design, eye-catching effects and a substantially faster boot time

The latest Firefox web browser, which offers inline spell check support in web forms, easy recovery of crashed sessions, built-in phishing detectors, enhanced search engine management with built in OpenSearch support, and better support for previewing and subscribing to web feeds

Proactive security features, preventing many common security vulnerabilities even before they are discovered

Evolution 2.8.0, which brings new features such as vertical message panes

The distro can be downloaded here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/