Download Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron alpha

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Download Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron alpha

by Brad Linder Dec 3rd 2007

Oh Canonical, it seems like just yesterday that you pushed out Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon. And now the first alpha version of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron is already available for download? They grow up so quickly.

Of course, this is an early alpha release, meaning the final version of Hardy Heron could look quite different. But the beauty of open source software is that the developers don't hold things close to the vest. Good luck getting your hands on prerelease code or software from Microsoft or Apple. But the more people there are who are willing to help test open source software, the better the final product will be.

For the most part, this build of Ubuntu 8.04 looks a lot like the recently released Ubuntu 7.10. But there are two notable differences. First up is Xorg 7.3, which should mean better automatic hardware configuration. There are also a slew of updated software packages and some new applications. Most of these are coming from the larger Debian Linux community.

We wouldn't recommend replacing your current operating system with Ubuntu 8.04 just yet. As an early test release, you can expect plenty of bugs. But if you're interested in seeing where Ubuntu is going or helping to bug test the operating system, have at it.

[via Ars Technica]

Tags: hardy-heron, Ubuntu, ubuntu-8.04

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jonathan Harford said 1:41PM on 12-03-2007

Wake me up when Ubuntu can configure my wireless card without making me cry.

kojo87 said 5:47PM on 12-03-2007

yeah no kidding. why wont any Linux Distro recognize my Linksys WMP54G? Ubuntu without internet is next to useless. (as are all operating systems now)

voodoo said 7:10PM on 12-03-2007

Exactly. I've been trying to confuge Ubuntu to recognize my notebook's wireless card for quite a while now and I'm really frustrated. In fact, none of Linux distros was capable of doing that and I've tried a whole bunch of them. And this is all considering the fact that I have pretty new HP laptop with basic Intel 345BG (as far as I remember) card on it.

drozzy said 8:53AM on 2-21-2008

"Wake me up when Ubuntu can configure my wireless card without making me cry."

Oh, 7.10 already can!

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