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The Ubuntu Linux project has [released a roadmap][1] for the next version of the popular Linux distribution and also announced plans to [build an "ultra free" version][3]. The free version will not contain any proprietary drivers, firmware, imagery, sounds, applications, or other content without full source materials.
The next version of Ubuntu continues the cheeky naming convention with the moniker Gutsy Gibbon (the upcoming final release of Feisty Fawn will be available later this month). Gutsy Gibbon will not reach the final release stage until October of this year. So far there are no available details on features slated for the next version of Ubuntu.
However, some details of the free version of Ubuntu are available. The new distro will be created in conjunction with the team behind [Gnewsense][2], the Free Software Foundation's Gnu/Linux distribution.
The free version would serve, according to Ubuntu founder Mark Suttleworth, to appease those who take "an ultra-orthodox view of licensing...those who demand a super-strict interpretation of the 'free' in free software."
Proprietary components in Linux distros remain a contentious subject and the Ubuntu developer team has already said that, despite user requests for it, proprietary software would not be enabled by default in the upcoming Feisty release.
However, with a dedicated free distribution in the works, it's possible that the Ubuntu team will change that stance for the Gutsy Gibbon release.
[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GutsyReleaseSchedule "Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Release Schedule"
[3]: http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1447 "Techtonic on Ubuntu Ultra Free Version"
[2]: http://www.gnewsense.org/ "Gnewsense""
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