Steve Langasek ha annunciato la quinta alpha release di ubuntu 8.04. Le novità sono tante:

•  X.Org 7.3
  
• Linux kernel 2.6.24 with dynticks support for amd64;
  
• PulseAudio enabled by default;
  
• PolicyKit integration;
  
• Firefox 3 Beta 3 with much better system integration;
•  GTK+ version of the popular Transmission BitTorrent client;
  
• new Vinagre VNC client;
  
• Brasero CD/DVD burning application;
  
• World Clock Applet;
  
• GVFS, the virtual filesystem abstraction layer that’s set to replace the ageing GnomeVFS;
  
• ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall);
  
• umenu, a simple launcher that lets the user install Ubuntu from Windows using Wubi.“

Vi rimando all’annuncio ufficiale della release e alle release notes per altri dettagli.

Download

Download (MD5, mirror list): hardy-desktop-i386.iso (694MB, torrent), hardy-desktop-amd64.iso (697MB, torrent). 

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