What to Expect from Ubuntu 8.04 LTS - aka Hardy Heron
Every two years, Canonical prepares an LTS (Long Term Support) release of one of the best desktop Linux distributions available today. Actually, this is the second LTS edition of Ubuntu, the first one was 6.06 (Dapper Drake), released on June 1, 2006. Now that the beta version of Ubuntu 8.04 (codename Hardy Heron) is at the door and since I've tested all the alpha releases, I think it's a good moment to introduce you to the good parts and bad parts that Canonical prepared for this Long Term Support release. Therefore, this article is here to inform Ubuntu veterans, people that have discovered Ubuntu recently and future Ubuntu users, about the things that they should expect from Hardy Heron, in April 2008!
Redesigned Boot Prompt, the one you will see when you first boot from the Live CD, automatically offers now the possibility to choose your desired language and two new options:
• Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer
• Install Ubuntu
In previous versions, these two options were part of a single one, called "Start or install Ubuntu".
Also:
A short list of random stuff I have noticed since upgrading to Hardy Heron Alpha 6:
1. Glipper is now a GNOME only application. Parcellite is a great replacement for Glipper.
2. Epiphany is no longer dependent on Firefox, w00t!
3. gnome-volume-manager has lost some features/functionality/usefulness, apparently this is because Nautilus now has more features/functionality/usefulness —
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