The Grafana 2.6.0 stable release introduces several new features, including a flexible Table panel for visualizing time series and logs in a tabular format, a new InfluxDB query editor, support for Elasticsearch pipeline aggregations, and the ability to use multiple Cloudwatch credentials. This release also includes numerous minor fixes and improvements, and it maintains backward compatibility for dashboards, ensuring a safe upgrade from any previous 2.x version. Users can explore the new features through a Demo dashboard and detailed information is available in the What's New In Grafana v2.6 article and the CHANGELOG.md file. The release is supported by project sponsors such as Raintank, Squarespace, and Dreamhost, and it offers installation options for Debian/Ubuntu, RPM-based Linux distributions, and Docker.