Ubuntu 8.04 is ready for your relishment
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron is out and can be downloaded from the official Ubuntu website, and with these quick succession of Ubuntu updates rolling out , one thing is sure, Ubuntu just wants to rule the Desktop Linux world and no doubt it actually does this .
The releases are available as torrents which should be used to take away some load from the main website and servers. Here is the torrent link for i386 and AMD-64. Those torrents can be downloaded with full speed, at least that’s the case currently.
Some of the changes in Ubutnu 8 are
* Firefox 3 beta is the default web browser
* Install Ubuntu from within Windows using Wubi — Now that would help the newbies !!
* Updated Linux kernel and new versions of Gnome and KDE desktops, with the option of using KDE 3.5 or KDE 4 as the default desktop for Kubuntu
* New BitTorrent Client
* New VNC client
* Virtualization software built into the kernel
Cybernet News have additional information about the other editions:
* Kubuntu 8.04 - A KDE version of Ubuntu. There’s now a “cutting edge” version available that includes KDE 4.0!
* Edubuntu 8.04 - Designed for the education setting, and includes iTalc classroom management software allowing for teacher sharing, monitoring, and control of networked workstations.
* Xubuntu 8.04 - Xubuntu uses the Xfce desktop environment which is geared towards less-powerful computers. Have an old computer sitting around? Put it to work with this Ubuntu variant!
