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Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 6 out today, final build due next month
by Brad Linder Mar 13th 2009 at 12:00PM
So what's new in the latest build? There's a new version of X.Org, an updated Linux kernel, and support for the Ext4 file system. There's also a new style for notifications, and a whole slew of updated packages including the latest versions of Firefox, Pidgin, and The GIMP.
The folks at SoftPedia have put together a screenshot tour showing some of the changes. To be honest, Alpha 6 doesn't look much different from Alpha 5. But as with each release, there have been a bunch of bug fixes, and at least a few new bugs have probably been introduced as well. If you're more comfortable with stable, well-tested software, you'll probably want to wait until next month to try Jaunty Jackalope. But if you want to help test the pre-release version of Ubuntu 9.04, it's available for download today.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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ptarrant said 12:09PM on 3-13-2009
You need to edit the article, 9.04 adds support for EXT4 not EXT3 :)
EXT4 is said to be about 20% faster, I have been testing it for awhile and have seen a slightly faster boot time, but nothing like 20%, more like 5%
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Robert said 12:14PM on 3-13-2009
...and Ubuntu 9.04 now features two mouse pointers ;-)
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rothgar said 2:27PM on 3-13-2009
LOL, I didn't catch that one at first.