In a burst of year end productivity, Blender 2.55 was released to the general public with 400+ bug fixes last night. Two hours later, Blender 2.56 was released with at least one new bug fix. I'm not sure what the issue was that cause the second release, but I'm glad to see them jump on it. It makes me happy when tool…
Blender 2.55 has been out for a long time, according to Blendernation 2.56 is the version that got 400+ fixes. Just wanted to nitpick that for you. :) Blender is turning out pretty great, it's rigging tools among things is very easy to get started with. Modelling is still lacking but they're working on a B-mesh branch…
I've been using Blender on and off recently and the update to 2.5 is really excellent. I found 2.49 and before so unappealing and confusing, but this new version is so much more comprehensible. I've really enjoyed using it so far.