Over the last two days two projects near and dear to my heart have issued important new releases. I just wanted to cover them both here in one solid shot of awesome, with the goal of encouraging your lovely people to go and download and enjoy both.
## Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Released!
At 10am UTC on the 10th of the 10th month in 2010 we [unleashed the Maverick Meerkat into the wild](https://www.ubuntu.com). It has been a long and busy cycle, but like many other members of the Ubuntu family, I am hugely proud of this release. I think Maverick is yet another step forward in which Ubuntu seats itself as a real contender to provide an awesome, simple, and importantly…Free Software…computing experience.
There are a number of things that I have been excited about in Maverick. We have seen the introduction of Unity in the netbook edition, which I have started using on my desktop, the sound indicator saw improvements, numerous Ubuntu Software Center changes, a raft of general software updates, a new GNOME, private/public cloud improvements, Ubuntu One additions (such as music streaming) and much more. I am tremendously proud of all the hard work that has gone into this release in the community and at Canonical. I just want to offer a particular shout-out to some of the lesser known folks who have made this release rock – the translators, testers, docs writers, release management folks, and more. Everyone has put their brick in the wall to bring Ubuntu to millions of users around the world.
**[Go and find out more about Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat here](https://www.ubuntu.com)**
## New Severed Fifth ‘Nightmares By Design’ Album Released!
A day after the Ubuntu release I announced the availability of the new album in my Creative Commons metal project [Severed Fifth](https://www.severedfifth.com/). The album is called [Nightmares By Design](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/) and you can read the announcement of the new album [here](https://www.severedfifth.com/2010/10/11/nightmares-by-design-is-released/) and download it from [here](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/).
The album features eleven tracks, is just over 54mins long, and is available under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) license. I would like to encourage you all to download it, enjoy it, and share it with your friends. This album is way more musical, more accessible, and I think an all-round better album than the first release; I am really proud of it. 🙂
