Yes, finally I will be able to use the latest flash player again in Opera on linux. 
For me personally, the highlights in this release are:
Read the full changelog here.
I’m not exactly a Wordpress fan although, yes, you noticed right, this blog runs on it. I’ve been experimenting with (and implementing) Drupal for a while now and believe it is my web platform / framework of choice, no doubt. If I would ever upgrade / reimplement my blog, it will be Drupal. Although, maybe I would not recommend it to a newbie. It remains a fact that Wordpress “just works” out of the box for blogging as it was targeted for that job from the beginning (although Drupal should improve on that issue by grace of install profiles). So, if you just want to blog, wordpress is still a valid alternative and with its latest incarnation (v2.5) there’s even more charm added too it. See it for yourself.
PS: it seems my own wordpress coppermine gallery plugin is now officially deprecated I never took time to write something up, so I should probably even better refrain from it now 
I’ve been eagerly waiting for Drupal 6 for its extensive internationalization support. Though the action / trigger mechanism looks very interesting too.. Can’t wait to try those out!
You can read the release announcement over here.
one of the features I like about google video is that you can click in the middle of the progress bar and it will start playing the vid from there without having to buffer all the previous. I use this feature when watching long presentation (or some keynote watch this if you still haven’t!) and I don’t have time to watch through in one go, I can return later and resume where I left off. Unfortunately, this doesn’t work anymore??! I used it yesterday, and today, no go! Is this a bug? Are you experiencing it too? Am I going crazy?
Also, it seems the download feature has been removed…
For those who are not convinced yet
check out CSS zen garden Nice showcase.