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	Peek at Ubuntu 8.04 looks promissing

rickmahn

2-25-2008 12:22 AM

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rickmahn says:

ArsTechnica takes a look at Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5 release. There are some interesting new features, especially for dual-booting with Windows.

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<A href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080224-wubi-arrives-a-look-at-ubuntu-8-04-alpha-5.html">Wubi arrives: a look at Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080224-wubi-arrives-a-look-at-ubuntu-8-04-alpha-5.html"><P>
The Ubuntu development community has <A href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-February/000387.html">announced</A> that the fifth Ubuntu 8.04 prerelease is now available for testing. Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5 adds additional polish and reliability as well as a few intriguing new features. The official release of Ubuntu 8.04, codenamed Hardy Heron, is <A href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseSchedule">scheduled</A> for late April and feature freeze is already in effect.
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We tested alpha 5 to get a first look at the new features in action and to see how it compares to alpha 4, which we <A href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080202-first-look-ubuntu-8-04-hardy-heron-alpha-4.html">reviewed earlier this month</A>. Ubuntu 8.04 includes a new sound server called <A href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/10/17/pulseaudio-to-bring-earcandy-to-linux">PulseAudio</A>, the new GIO and GVFS I/O abstraction layer and virtual filesystem mechanisms, the PolicyKit secure privilege escalation framework, improved support for virtualization, and a new VNC client. Integration of these features is moving forward steadily and GVFS has become a bit more robust.
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