Ubuntu 8.04 Released
The latest version of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution was officially released to the public today after the beta-test period. This version is designated “LTS,” for “long-term support,” which should make it attractive to business customers who prefer a longer upgrade cycle for their operating systems.
As is customary for Linux distributions, Ubuntu 8.04 includes incremental updates to many of the software packages that make up the system, from low-level details like the window manager and graphics subsystem, all the way up to the bundled OpenOffice.org productivity suite.
Here are some of the additional feature of the new release:
- Firefox 3 beta is the default web browser
- Install Ubuntu from within Windows using Wubi
- 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
If you’ve never tried Linux before, Ubuntu comes as a LiveCD. That means you can check out the operating system without harming your current OS and file system by burning the disc image to a DVD and booting your computer from the disc.
“Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition is a very significant release as it will take Ubuntu squarely into the business environment. Our business and home users have told us that they want a longer support cycle to make Ubuntu a better deployment option. We have responded to that and added a commitment to much broader software and hardware support that we and our partners are excited to deliver,” said Jane Silber, COO of Canonical Ltd., Ubuntu’s commercial sponsor.
Source: PC world
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