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Running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Alpha 4

by Planet Lowyat on 05/02/08 at 12:36 am

Ubuntu 8.04 codename Hardy Heron alpha 4 was officially released 2 days back and is now available for download. This alpha 4 released offers an early look at some of the features that will be included in the final 8.04 release, which is scheduled for April 2008.

Personally I took the opportunity to test it on my VMware Workstation 6 today. Please note that please do not enable network setup during Ubuntu installation, the system try to locate for some update that make me wait for more than half an hour. Basically I have found 2 bug in this testing so far.

The first bug I was found is Firefox, according to Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 4 I suppose to have Firefox 3 beta 2 but it’s running on Firefox 2.0.0.10.

World clock applet that integrating the features of the intlclock applet, the GNOME panel clock in Alpha 4 can display the time and weather in multiple locations. This is the second bug that I found. For Sepang Asia/Kuala Lumpur, it’s suppose to set to GMT+8:00 but the system display GMT+13:00.

With Alpha 4, PolicyKit integration is visible in the administrative user interfaces. PolicyKit makes it possible to run administrative applications as a normal user, and have them get a particular set of extra privileges for certain operations, which allows fine-grained control over user permissions and enhances usability, as well as eliminating the security implications of running the whole application as root.

Vinagre :- The new Vinagre VNC client is installed by default in Alpha 4, replacing xvnc4viewer. Vinagre allows the user to view multiple machines simultaneously, can discover VNC servers on the network via Avahi, and can keep track of recently used and favorite connections. Avahi SSH Server Browser & Avahi VNC Server Browser

Remote Desktop Viewer version 0.4.90

OpenOffice version 2.3

Seahorse is a GNOME application for managing encryption keys. It also integrates with nautilus, gedit and other places for encryption operations. With alpha 4, it’s running on version 2.21.4

During the computer logon, the ‘Ubuntu Desktop Search’ will initialize indexing tracker.

The GNOME System Monitor has a revamped “Resources” tab, with Cairo graphs that scroll and scale smoothly, and brand new widgets. With alpha 4, it’s running on version 2.21.5.

Basically, I think the overall are pretty good but I’m not really tested in details. I’m looking forward for the Ubuntu 8.04 official release.

Related post: First look: Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 4