Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Open Source, Canonical, Beta
Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 5 released
by Brad Linder Feb 23rd 2008
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
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They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
