WordPress 2.1 is out

The WordPress 2.1 version, called Ella, is out. It comes packed with some really nice changes, check it out:

• Autosave makes sure you never lose a post again.
• Our completely redone visual editor also now includes spell checking.
• You can set any page to be the front page of your site, and put the latest posts somewhere else, making it much easier to use WordPress as a content management system.
• Links in your blogroll now support sub-categories and you can add categories on the fly.
• The upload manager lets you easily manage all your uploads pictures, video, and audio.
• Much more efficient database code, faster than previous versions.
• New search engine privacy option allows you take you to indicate your blog shouldn’t ping or be indexed by search engines like Google.

You can download it here.