Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Open Source, Canonical, Beta
Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 5 released
by Brad Linder Feb 23rd 2008 at 6:00PM
Here are a few more updates in the latest Alpha release:
- Firefox 3 beta 3 is the default web browser
- Xorg 7.3 is included
- Uses Linux kernel 2.6.24
- PulseAudio is used by default
- Transmission BitTorrent client replaces Gnome BitTorrent
- Vinagre VNC client replaces xvnc4viewer
- Brasero CD/DVD burning application, replaces the Serpentine CD burning utility
- The World Clock applet can now display the time and weather in multiple locations
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CUBSWILLWIN said 1:06PM on 2-24-2008
Tried it on microsoft virtual machine 2007. It's great. Big improvement from the last beta.
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Mado said 9:26AM on 2-25-2008
Thats AMAZING,,!!
Very excited 2 test it out !
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Michel Tamisier said 8:37AM on 3-04-2008
i am using gusty
Pc # 1 ubuntu as server (dual boot Xp)
with usb external disk fat 32.
Pc # 1 win 2k pro
pc # 3 XP pro
want access usb disk from pc's 2 and 3 in windows mode (Security = share) must modify by hand in smb.conf. can read but not write (mounted as root).
solved in new version ? whithout 'Bricolage'
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