Ubuntu 8.04 Release Candidate Available Now

The Ubuntu aggroup has declared the achievement of the promulgation politician for Ubuntu 8.04, code-named “Hardy Heron.” The release candidate is thoughtful complete, stable, and fit for investigating by some user.

Also acquirable today are the promulgation candidates for another Ubuntu variants same Kubuntu, Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu. The test releases of every 8.04 variants module come incoming hebdomad on Apr 24.

Ubuntu 8.04 features a newborn edition of the Gnome Desktop, Pulse Audio hold and a sort of another improvements, including Wubi, a single-click Ubuntu installer for Windows.

Version 8.04 also brings upgrades for most of the unstoppered maker applications that board with Ubuntu. Perhaps the most celebrity is Firefox 3 beta 4, which looks such more same a Gnome covering thanks to autochthonous GTK2 buttons and widgets.

Live CDs of the promulgation politician crapper be institute on the Ubuntu site (it doesn’t materialize to be springy yet, though a communication to the Ubuntu declaration transmitting list has candid course to mirrors) and there’s also a rank pass to upgrading your existing edition of Ubuntu.

See Also:

• New Ubuntu 8.04 Chenopodiaceae Refines The UNIX Desktop
• Ubuntu UNIX Readies ‘Hardy Heron’ Beta
• Shuttleworth: Ubuntu Is Enterprise-Friendly
• Ubuntu Must ‘Play To Its Strengths” to Beat Microsoft
• More Big Name PCs With Ubuntu Pre-Installed Coming Soon
• Mythbuntu: Turning Ubuntu Into A DVR System

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