Ubuntu 8.04 gets ready for beta
The next major, long-term support version of Ubuntu is days away from its first, and only, beta release.
Ubuntu has announced that Ubuntu 8.04 is now in beta freeze. What this means is that no new package changes are going to be allowed in the well-regarded Linux distribution. The only exceptions will be for bug fixes for already known problems.
After all the program packages work together properly in this version, the beta release will be made. At this time, the beta is scheduled for March 20. The release candidate of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long Term Service) should arrive on April 17. The final shipping version is scheduled to go on April 24.
The new Ubuntu, Hardy Heron, will be using the 2.6.24-11.17 Linux kernel. The most significant change in this Linux kernel is that it includes the Completely Fair Scheduler. This is a new process scheduler that's meant to provide better interactive performance. The effect should be to make desktop Linux distributions work faster with foreground applications.
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