Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Canonical, Beta
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron hits beta
by Brad Linder Mar 21st 2008 at 10:00AM
- Firefox 3 beta 4 is the default web browser
- PulseAudio is enabled by default
- New PolicyKit manager for advanced permission controls
- Gnome 2.22 is the default desktop environment. You can also install Kubuntu 8.04 which comes with KDE 3.5 or KDE 4, depending on which version you prefer
Keep in mind, this is still beta software, and it's not recommended for installation on production machines. The full version of Ubuntu 8.04 is due out on April 24th.
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They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
