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Finally ……
Yet another six months has passed and another Ubuntu Linux release is out the door.

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) on desktop and server, continuing Ubuntu’s tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

Read more about the features of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS in the following press releases:

Desktop edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.04-lts-desktop
Server edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.04-lts-server

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS will be maintained and supported for three years on the desktop and five years on the server.

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is also the basis for the new 8.04 release of Kubuntu:

http://kubuntu.org/news/8.04-release

8.04 brings a restructuring of Edubuntu as the Ubuntu Education Edition. The education desktop and application bundle now installs as an add-on to a standard Ubuntu desktop.

http://www.edubuntu.org/news/8.04-release

The Ubuntu 8.04 family of variants, Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu, are also released today:

http://www.xubuntu.org/news/hardy/release
http://ubuntustudio.org/
http://www.mythbuntu.org/

To Get Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
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To download Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, or obtain CDs, visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu
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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.
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