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	<title>Planet Lowyat &#187; Released</title>
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		<title>Ubuntu 9.10 released</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Planet Lowyat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions, Ubuntu 9.10 Server for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon&#8217;s EC2, and Ubuntu Netbook Remix, continuing Ubuntu&#8217;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 9.10 in [...]]]></description>
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<p>The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions, Ubuntu 9.10 Server for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon&#8217;s EC2, and Ubuntu Netbook Remix, continuing Ubuntu&#8217;s tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.</p>
<p>Read more about the features of Ubuntu 9.10 in the following press releases:</p>
<p> Desktop edition    http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-910<br />
 Server edition     http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-910-server-edition</p>
<p>Ubuntu 9.10 will be supported for 18 months on both desktops and servers. Users requiring a longer support lifetime on the server may choose to continue using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, with security support until 2013, rather than upgrading to 9.10.</p>
<p>Thanks to the efforts of the global translation community, Ubuntu is available in 25 languages.  For a list of supported languages and detailed translation statistics for these and other languages, see:</p>
<p>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/ReleaseLanguages/9.10</p>
<p>Ubuntu 9.10 includes the first official release of Ubuntu Server images for UEC and for Amazon&#8217;s EC2, giving you everything you need for rapid deployment of Ubuntu instances in a cloud computing environment. UEC images, and information on running Ubuntu 9.10 on EC2, are available at:</p>
<p>http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/release</p>
<p>Ubuntu 9.10 is also the basis for new 9.10 releases of Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu:<br />
<span id="more-675"></span><br />
       Kubuntu      http://kubuntu.org/news/9.10-release<br />
       Xubuntu      http://xubuntu.org/news/9.10-release<br />
      Edubuntu      http://edubuntu.org/news/9.10-release<br />
     Mythbuntu      http://mythbuntu.org/9.10/release<br />
 Ubuntu Studio      https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/9.10release_notes</p>
<p>To Get Ubuntu 9.10<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p>To download Ubuntu 9.10, or obtain CDs, visit:</p>
<p>http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu</p>
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		<title>WinSCP 4.17 have been released</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Planet Lowyat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Its main function is safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer. Main Features: - Graphical user interface - Translated into several languages - Integration with Windows (drag&#38;drop, URL, shortcut icons) - U3 support - All common operations with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WinSCP is an <a href="http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/tag/opensource">open source</a> free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Its main function is safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer.</p>
<p>Main Features:<br />
- Graphical user interface<br />
- Translated into several languages<br />
- Integration with Windows (drag&amp;drop, URL, shortcut icons)<br />
- U3 support<br />
- All common operations with files<br />
- Support for SFTP and SCP protocols over SSH-1 and SSH-2 and plain old FTP protocol<br />
- Batch file scripting and command-line interface<br />
- Directory synchronization in several semi or fully automatic ways<br />
- Integrated text editor<br />
- Support for SSH password, keyboard-interactive, public key and Kerberos (GSS) authentication</p>
<p>Using <a href="http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/tag/winscp">WinSCP</a>, it is possible to connect to a <a href="http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/tag/ssh">SSH</a> (Secure Shell) server with <a href="http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/tag/sftp">SFTP</a> (SSH File Transfer Protocol) or SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) service or to a <a href="http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/tag/ftp">FTP</a> (File Transfer Protocol) server.</p>
<p>For SFTP, the only requirement beyond the server requirements above is to run SFTP on the server. For SFTP, the only requirement beyond the server requirements above is to run SFTP on the server.</p>
<p>- Integrates with Pageant (PuTTY authentication agent) for full support of public key authentication with SSH<br />
- Windows Explorer-like and Norton Commander-like interfaces<br />
- Optionally stores session information<br />
- Optionally supports standalone operation using a configuration file in place of registry entries, suitable for operation from removable media</p>
<p><span id="more-391"></span></p>
<p>WinSCP version 4.17 list of changes:</p>
<div class="level4">
<ul>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Output from console interface tool is no longer buffered. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=281" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=281">281</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">System error message is shown when <acronym title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</acronym> connection is refused.</span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Transfer mode and resume support status are no longer shown on progress window.</span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Internal editor is opened faster. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=312" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=312">312</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">It is possible to reference session in folder from command line and script. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=300" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=300">300</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Session name can contain special characters like <code>[]/</code>. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=305" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=305">305</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">In scripting on session start local working directory is set to the one saved in stored session. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=303" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=303">303</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: Wrapping of long files were not applied to newly opened internal editors. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=287" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=287">287</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: Alias to directory listing command was not cleared (<acronym title="Secure Copy Protocol">SCP</acronym> only). <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=285" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=285">285</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: Failure when creating directory with <acronym title="SSH File Transfer Protocol">SFTP</acronym>. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=307" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=307">307</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: “List index out of bounds (-1)” error on startup with Explorer interface and <em>Show full path on address bar</em> option disabled. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=294" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=294">294</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: Transfer progress indication was not completed with <acronym title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</acronym> protocol. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=278" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=278">278</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: Paste in an internal editor lost final new line. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=277" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=277">277</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: Dialogs opened from Preferences dialog opened from internal editor are properly placed over them. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=282" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=282">282</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: Failure when dragging item in editor list.</span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: Internal editor status bar was not updated after reload.</span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: WinSCP closed without warning even when internal editor with modified local file was opened.</span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: Changes to internal editor configuration were not applied to opened editors with local files.</span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: Random pieces of log were duplicated in log window. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=310" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=310">310</a></span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: Log window was not updated while connecting.</span></li>
<li class="level1"><span class="li">Bug fix: Some administrative restrictions were not being applied. <a class="interwiki" style="background: transparent url(/eng/docs/interwiki/bug.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 1px;" title="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=315" onclick="return svchk()" onkeypress="return svchk()" href="http://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=315">315</a></span></li>
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<p>Download:</p>
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		<title>VMware Server 2.0 Beta 2 Has Been Released</title>
		<link>http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/vmware-server-20-beta-2-has-been-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Planet Lowyat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VMware has just released a Beta 2 build of its very popular and free server virtualization software, VMware Server 2.0 (build 84186). What&#8217;s New New features and enhancements in the VMware Server 2.0 Beta 2 release: Updated VMware Infrastructure (VI) Web Access management interface: With the faster performance, improved stability and broader range of configuration [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.vmware.com" target="_blank">VMware</a> has just <a href="http://www.vmware.com/beta/server/index.html" target="_blank">released</a> a <a href="http://www.vmware.com/beta/server/index.html" target="_blank">Beta 2</a> build of its very popular and free server virtualization software, <a href="http://www.vmware.com/beta/server/index.html">VMware Server 2.0</a> (build 84186).</p>
<h2><img src="http://www.vmware.com/files_inline/images/server_05.gif" height="34" width="49" /> What&#8217;s New</h2>
<p>New features and enhancements in the VMware Server 2.0 Beta 2 release:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Updated VMware Infrastructure (VI) Web Access management interface:</strong> With the faster performance, improved stability and broader range of configuration options, the VI Web Access management interface provides a simple, flexible, intuitive and productive management experience. In addition, embedded help files are context sensitive based on the task being performed.</li>
<li><strong>Independent virtual machine console:</strong> With the new VMware Remote Console, you can access your virtual machine consoles independent of the VI Web Access management interface plus resize the virtual machine console windows as needed.</li>
<li><strong>Support for USB 2.0 devices:</strong> Transfer data at faster data rates from USB 2.0 devices.</li>
<li><strong>Multi-tiered permissions:</strong> Configure different levels of permissions to access virtual machines in different ways, including browsing, interacting, configuring and administering virtual machines.</li>
<li><strong>New hardware editors:</strong> Edit and add devices such as USB 2.0 devices and legacy devices such as floppy drives, serial and parallel ports.</li>
<li><strong>Automatically start your virtual machines:</strong> Select which virtual machines that you want to automatically start when VMware Server starts. In addition, there is also an option to boot the virtual machine directly into the BIOS Setup Screen.</li>
<li><strong>Link to Virtual Appliance Marketplace:</strong> Access thousands of pre-built, pre-configured, ready-to-run enterprise applications packaged with an operating system inside a virtual machine. This speeds up time to value and simplifies software development, distribution, and management.</li>
<h3>Existing VMware Server 2.0 Beta features</h3>
<li><strong>New operating system support:</strong> The broadest operating system support of any host-based virtualization platform currently available, including support for Windows Vista Business Edition and Ultimate Edition (guest only), Windows Server 2008, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Ubuntu 7.10 in 32-bit and 64-bit versions.</li>
<li><strong>More scalable virtual machines:</strong>Support for up to 8 GB of RAM (up from 3.6 GB in Server 1.0) per virtual machine, 10 virtual network interface cards and up to two virtual SMP (vSMP) processors per virtual machine.</li>
<li><strong>64-bit guest operating system support:</strong>Use 64-bit guest operating systems on 64-bit hardware to enable more scalable and higher performing computing solutions.</li>
<li><strong>Support for Virtual Machine Interface (VMI):</strong> This feature enables transparent paravirtualization, in which a single binary version of the operating system can run either on native hardware or in paravirtualized mode to improve performance in specific Linux environments.</li>
<li><strong>Support for VIX API 1.5:</strong> This feature provides a programming interface for automating virtual machine and guest operations.</li>
</ul>
<p><span id="more-160"></span><img src="http://weblog.infoworld.com/virtualization/archives/VMwareServer2Beta2.jpg" height="386" width="608" /></p>
<p>Join the three million people who have already downloaded VMware Server and participate in the latest Beta version by <a href="http://www.vmware.com/beta/server/registration.html">registering</a> with VMware.</p>
<p>Go to the <a href="http://communities.vmware.com/community/beta/server2.0b2">VMware Server 2.0 Beta 2 Community</a> and post your questions, problems, experience and suggestions to the above discussion at your convenience.</p>
<p><strong>Technical Support</strong><br />
Technical support is available through the Support Request (SR) system. Go to <a href="http://www.vmware.com/support/">Support</a> and click on Create Support Request.</p>
<p><strong>Tips</strong><br />
VMware <a href="http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/vmware-shortcuts-key/">shortcuts key</a></p>
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		<title>OpenSUSE 11.0 Alpha 3 Released</title>
		<link>http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/opensuse-110-alpha-3-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Planet Lowyat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OpenSUSE 11.0 Alpha 3 is out for testing! Here are some changes to this release. Linux 2.6.25-rc5 gcc 4.3 final updated binutils 2.18.50 SVN updated gdb 6.7.50 SVN continued work on the installation work flow libzypp uses a new much faster solver CUPS 1.3.6 D-Bus 1.1.20 updated NetworkManager 0.7 SVN PackageKit 0.1.9.1 PolicyKit 0.7 PulseAudio 0.9.9 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OpenSUSE 11.0 <a href="http://news.opensuse.org/2008/03/19/announcing-opensuse-110-alpha-3/" target="_blank">Alpha 3</a> is out for testing!</p>
<p>Here are some changes to this release.</p>
<ul>
<li>Linux 2.6.25-rc5</li>
<li>gcc 4.3 final</li>
<li>updated binutils 2.18.50 SVN</li>
<li>updated gdb 6.7.50 SVN</li>
<li>continued work on the installation work flow</li>
<li>libzypp uses a new much faster solver</li>
<li>CUPS 1.3.6</li>
<li>D-Bus 1.1.20</li>
<li>updated NetworkManager 0.7 SVN</li>
<li>PackageKit 0.1.9.1</li>
<li>PolicyKit 0.7</li>
<li>PulseAudio 0.9.9</li>
<li><a href="http://opensuse.org/Zypper">Zypper</a> 0.10.2</li>
<li>KDE 4.0.2/3.5.9</li>
<li>GNOME 2.22 final</li>
<li><a href="http://opensuse.org/Compiz">Compiz</a> 0.7.2</li>
</ul>
<p><span id="more-134"></span><img src="http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/0/09/A3-yast-1.png" height="400" width="500" /></p>
<p><img src="http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/thumb/e/e0/A3-kde4.png/800px-A3-kde4.png" height="400" width="500" /></p>
<p><img src="http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/thumb/0/08/A3-gnome-3.png/800px-A3-gnome-3.png" height="400" width="500" /></p>
<p>And more photos <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots/openSUSE_11.0_Alpha3" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Download <strong>OpenSUSE 11.0 Alpha 3 <u><a href="http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0-Alpha3/iso/" target="_blank">here</a></u></strong>.</p>
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		<title>Ubuntu 8.04 Beta Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously I posted about Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 Alpha 4  and now Ubuntu bring you the absolute latest and greatest software Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 beta with features: GNOME 2.22 Linux kernel 2.6.24 Firefox 3 beta 4 Xorg 7.3 PolicyKit is now integrated in the administrative user interfaces PulseAudio is enabled by default The Brasero CD/DVD burning [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Previously I posted about <a href="http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/wp-admin/Running%20Ubuntu%208.04%20Hardy%20Heron%20Alpha%204">Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 Alpha 4</a>  and now Ubuntu bring you the absolute latest and greatest software<a href="http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/running-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron-alpha-4/"> Ubuntu</a> <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/hardy/beta">Hardy 8.04 beta</a> with features:</p>
<ul>
<li>GNOME 2.22</li>
<li>Linux kernel 2.6.24</li>
<li> Firefox 3 beta 4</li>
<li>Xorg 7.3</li>
<li>PolicyKit is now integrated in the administrative user interfaces</li>
<li>PulseAudio is enabled by default</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.gnome.org/projects/brasero/" class="external">Brasero</a> CD/DVD burning application</li>
<li>The new <a href="http://www.gnome.org/projects/vinagre/" class="external">Vinagre</a> VNC client is installed by default in Beta, replacing xvnc4viewer</li>
<li>The GTK version of the popular <a href="http://www.transmissionbt.com/" class="external">Transmission</a> BitTorrent client comes preinstalled in Ubuntu, replacing the Gnome BitTorrent download</li>
<li>Active Directory Integration</li>
<li>ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall), a new host-based firewall application configurable from the command line which is designed to make administering a firewall easier for end users while not getting in the way of network administrators</li>
<li>iSCSI Initiator has been fully integrated in the kernel, allowing Ubuntu to mount iSCSI targets as a block device</li>
<li>To ease the transition of Windows users, it includes Wubi, which allows users to install and uninstall Ubuntu like any other Windows application</li>
<li>It does not require a dedicated partition, nor does it affect the existing bootloader, yet users can experience a dual-boot setup almost identical to a full installation</li>
<li>WinFOSS and the Windows open source software have been replaced by umenu, a simple launcher that lets the user install Ubuntu from Windows using Wubi, install Ubuntu to a partition without having to make their CD-ROM the first boot device</li>
</ul>
<p><span id="more-132"></span>and <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/hardy/beta" target="_blank">more &#8230;..</a></p>
<p><u><strong>DOWNLOAD</strong></u></p>
<p>Get it while it&#8217;s hot. ISOs and torrents are available at:</p>
<ul>
<li style="list-style-type: none"> 	<a href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04">http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04</a> (Ubuntu)<br />
<a href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/edubuntu/8.04">http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/edubuntu/8.04</a> (Edubuntu add-on)<br />
<a href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/8.04">http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/8.04</a> (Kubuntu)<br />
<a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu-kde4/releases/8.04/beta">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu-kde4/releases/8.04/beta</a> (Kubuntu with KDE4)<br />
<a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/jeos/releases/8.04/beta">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/jeos/releases/8.04/beta</a> (Ubuntu JeOS)<br />
<a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/8.04/beta">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/8.04/beta</a> (Xubuntu)<br />
<a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/8.04/beta">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/8.04/beta</a> (UbuntuStudio)<br />
<a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/8.04/beta">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/8.04/beta</a> (Mythbuntu)</li>
</ul>
<p>Local mirrors are also available:</p>
<p><strong><span class="continent">Africa</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.polytechnic.edu.na/pub/ubuntu-release/8.04/" class="country_NA continent_AF">ftp://ftp.polytechnic.edu.na/pub/ubuntu-release/</a> (Namibia)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span class="continent">Asia</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.chu.edu.tw/Linux/Ubntu/release/8.04/" class="country_TW continent_AS">ftp://ftp.chu.edu.tw/Linux/Ubntu/release/</a> (Taiwan)</li>
<li><a href="ftp://dl2.foss-id.web.id/iso/ubuntu/releases/8.04/" class="country_ID continent_AS">ftp://dl2.foss-id.web.id/iso/ubuntu/releases/</a> (Indonesia)</li>
<li><a href="http://ftp.cse.yzu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu-cd/8.04/" class="country_TW continent_AS">http://ftp.cse.yzu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu-cd/</a> (Taiwan)</li>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.linux.org.tr/pub/ubuntu-releases/8.04/" class="country_TR continent_AS">ftp://ftp.linux.org.tr/pub/ubuntu-releases/</a> (Turkey)</li>
<li><a href="http://ftp.hostrino.com/pub/ubuntu/cdimage/8.04/" class="country_HK continent_AS">http://ftp.hostrino.com/pub/ubuntu/cdimage/</a> (Hong Kong)</li>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.indochinalinux.com/ubuntu/ISO/8.04/" class="country_VN continent_AS">ftp://ftp.indochinalinux.com/ubuntu/ISO/</a> (Viet Nam)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span class="continent">Europe</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://es.releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/" class="country_ES continent_EU">http://es.releases.ubuntu.com/</a> (Spain)</li>
<li><a href="ftp://esda.wu-wien.ac.at/pub/ubuntu-cd/8.04/" class="country_AT continent_EU">ftp://esda.wu-wien.ac.at/pub/ubuntu-cd/</a> (Austria)</li>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04/" class="country_FR continent_EU">ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.ubuntu.com/releases/</a> (France)</li>
<li><a href="http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/" class="country_SE continent_EU">http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/</a> (Sweden)</li>
<li><a href="http://ubuntu.ynet.sk/release/8.04/" class="country_SK continent_EU">http://ubuntu.ynet.sk/release/</a> (Slovakia)</li>
<li><a href="http://nl.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04/" class="country_NL continent_EU">http://nl.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/</a> (Netherlands)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span class="continent">North America</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://tezcatl.fciencias.unam.mx/ubuntu-releases/8.04/" class="country_MX continent_NA">http://tezcatl.fciencias.unam.mx/ubuntu-releases/</a> (Mexico)</li>
<li><a href="http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/releases/8.04/" class="country_US continent_NA">http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/releases/</a> (United States)</li>
<li><a href="http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/8.04/" class="country_US continent_NA">http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/</a> (United States)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span class="continent">Oceania/Australia</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ftp.citylink.co.nz/ubuntu-releases/8.04/" class="country_NZ continent_OC">http://ftp.citylink.co.nz/ubuntu-releases/</a> (New Zealand)</li>
<li><a href="http://planetmirror.com/pub/ubuntu/releases/8.04/" class="country_AU continent_OC">http://planetmirror.com/pub/ubuntu/releases/</a> (Australia)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span class="continent">South America</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ubuntu.c3sl.ufpr.br/releases/8.04/" class="country_BR continent_SA">http://ubuntu.c3sl.ufpr.br/releases/</a> (Brazil)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Note: This is still a <a href="http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/running-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron-alpha-4/">beta</a> release.</strong> Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released in April 2008.</p>
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		<title>GNOME 2.22 Has Been Released</title>
		<link>http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/gnome-222-has-been-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Planet Lowyat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GNOME 2.22 is the latest version of the GNOME Desktop: a popular, multi-platform desktop environment for your computer. GNOME&#8217;s focus is ease of use, stability, and first class internationalization and accessibility support. GNOME is Free and Open Source Software and provides all of the common tools computer users expect of a modern computing environment, such [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.22/" target="_blank">GNOME 2.22</a> is the latest version of the GNOME Desktop: a popular, multi-platform desktop environment for your computer. GNOME&#8217;s focus is ease of use, stability, and first class internationalization and accessibility support. GNOME is Free and Open Source Software and provides all of the common tools computer users expect of a modern computing environment, such as email, groupware, web browsing, file management, multimedia, and games. Furthermore, GNOME provides a flexible and powerful platform for software developers, both on the desktop and in mobile applications.</p>
<p>The GNOME Desktop is released every six months and contains many new features, improvements, bug fixes, and translations. GNOME 2.22 continues this tradition. To learn more about GNOME and the qualities that distinguish it from other computer desktop environments (such as usability, accessibility, internationalization, and freedom) visit the <a href="http://www.gnome.org/about" xmlns:str="http://exslt.org/strings" class="ulink" title="http://www.gnome.org/about">About GNOME</a> page on our website.</p>
<p>The GNOME Project&#8217;s focus on users and usability continues in GNOME 2.22 with its hundreds of bug fixes and user-requested improvements.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s News?</p>
<p>GNOME 2.22 introduces a new application, <span class="application">Cheese</span>. <span class="application">Cheese</span> lets you take photos and make videos using your computer&#8217;s webcam. You can apply a range of different effects like mauve, noir/blanc, shagadelic, and warp. You can share these photos and videos with your friends, load them into <span class="application">F-Spot</span>, or set them as your account photo.</p>
<p>GNOME 2.22 introduces window compositing on capable platforms. Fitting with GNOME&#8217;s &#8220;keeping it simple&#8221; policy, the features are very low key. The most noticeable changes are drop shadows on windows, live previews when switching windows with <span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">Tab</span></span>, and transparency effects.</p>
<p>GNOME 2.22 introduces <span class="application">GVFS</span>: a new network-transparent virtual filesystem layer for GTK+. GVFS is designed to overcome the shortcomings of the older GNOME-VFS system. Improvements over GNOME-VFS include remembering login credentials for the entire session and being more resilient to failures. Many GNOME applications are already using GVFS, including all of the core applications.</p>
<p>GNOME&#8217;s <span class="application">Movie Player</span> now offers improved support for DVD playback as well as support for digital television (DVB). Also appearing in 2.22 is a selection of new plugins, including support for MythTV, Youtube, and Tracker-based searching. This release also features playlist sharing and the ability to select subtitles for files.</p>
<p><span id="more-127"></span><span class="application">Evolution</span> continues to be improved with new support for Google Calendars and custom message labels (tagging) for your email.</p>
<p>New in GNOME 2.22 is the <span class="application">Remote Desktop Viewer</span>. This application complements the existing remote desktop server support in GNOME. It features the ability to discover machines on the local network and bookmark your favorites.</p>
<p>The keyboard layout and keyboard accessibility preferences have been merged into one dialog, putting every keyboard setting you need in one place. Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts remain separate.</p>
<p class="para block block-first">GNOME 2.22 also features many bug fixes and user-required enhancements from the last six months of development, including:</p>
<p class="block list itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="li-first"><span class="para">directly open <span class="application">Evolution</span> contacts in <span class="application">Deskbar</span>;</span></li>
<li><span class="para">improved printing in <span class="application">Text Editor</span>;</span></li>
<li><span class="para">network multiplayer in <span class="application">Chess</span>;</span></li>
<li><span class="para">download notifications in <span class="application">Epiphany</span>;</span></li>
<li><span class="para">LZMA (7-zip) support in <span class="application">Archive Manager</span>;</span></li>
<li><span class="para">inhibit automatic suspend and hibernation while burning CDs;</span></li>
<li><span class="para"><span class="application">Document Viewer</span> is now faster and uses less memory;</span></li>
<li><span class="para"><span class="application">Document Viewer</span> can also now support page transitions in PDF Slideshows;</span></li>
<li><span class="para"><span class="application">Tomboy</span> can now organize your notes into notebooks;</span></li>
<li><span class="para"><span class="application">Sound Juicer</span> now supports more metadata, including disc number and year;</span></li>
<li><span class="para">extensive improvements to <span class="application">Calculator</span>&#8216;s precision and usability;</span></li>
<li><span class="para"><span class="application">Keyring Manager</span> has been completely replaced by <span class="application">Seahorse</span>;</span></li>
<li><span class="para">much, much more that you&#8217;ll have to install or upgrade to see!</span></li>
</ul>
<p>Please feel free to check <a href="http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.22/" target="_blank">Gnome 2.22 Official Release Notes</a> for more informations.</p>
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		<title>Firefox 3 Beta 3 Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firefox 3 Beta 2 was released in mid of December 2007 and Mozilla has announced the official release of the third Firefox 3 beta on Feb 12 2008. There will likely only be one more beta release after this one before Mozilla begins issuing final release candidates. Firefox 3 Beta 3 is a developer preview release of Mozilla&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/firefox-3-beta-2-released/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Firefox 3 Beta 2 Released">Firefox 3 Beta 2</a> was released in mid of December 2007 and Mozilla has <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b3/releasenotes">announced</a> the <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b3/releasenotes" target="_blank">official release</a> of the third Firefox 3 beta on Feb 12 2008. There will likely only be one more beta release after this one before Mozilla begins issuing final release candidates.</p>
<p>Firefox 3 Beta 3 is a developer preview release of Mozilla&#8217;s          next generation Firefox browser and is being made available for <strong>testing          purposes only</strong>.</p>
<h2 id="whatsnew"><u>What&#8217;s New in Firefox 3</u></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">[Improved in Beta 3!]</span>          Firefox 3 Beta 3 includes approximately 1300 individual changes from          the previous beta, including fixes for stability, performance, memory usage,          platform enhancements and user interface improvements. Many of these improvements          were based on community feedback from the previous beta.</p>
<dl>
<dt id="secure">More Secure</dt>
<dd>
<ul class="spaced">
<li><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">[Improved in Beta 3!]</span>                 One-click site info: Click the site favicon in the location bar to                 see who owns the site and to check if your connection is protected                 from eavesdropping. Identity verification is prominently displayed                 and easier to understand. When a site uses Extended Validation (EV)                 SSL certificates, the site favicon button will turn green and show                 the name of the company you&#8217;re connected to. (<a href="https://www.britishairways.com/">Try it here!</a>)</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">[Improved in Beta 3!]</span>                 Malware Protection: malware protection warns users when they arrive                 at sites which are known to install viruses, spyware, trojans or other                 malware. (<a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/its-an-attack.html">Try it here!</a>)</li>
<li>New Web Forgery Protection page: the content of pages suspected as                 web forgeries is no longer shown. (<a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/its-a-trap.html">Try it here!</a>)</li>
<li>New SSL error pages: clearer and stricter error pages are used when                 Firefox encounters an invalid SSL certificate. (<a href="https://mozilla.com/">Try it here!</a>)</li>
<li>Add-ons and Plugin version check: Firefox now automatically checks                 add-on and plugin versions and will disable older, insecure versions.</li>
<li>Secure add-on updates: to improve add-on update security, add-ons                 that provide updates in an insecure manner will be disabled.</li>
<li>Anti-virus integration: Firefox will inform anti-virus software when                 downloading executables.</li>
<li>Vista Parental Controls: Firefox now respects the Vista system-wide                 parental control setting for disabling file downloads.</li>
<li>Effective top-level domain (eTLD) service better restricts cookies and                  other restricted content to a single domain.</li>
<li>Better protection against <a href="http://ejohn.org/blog/re-securing-json/">                 cross-site JSON data leaks</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p><span id="more-95"></span></p>
</dd>
<dt id="easy">Easier to Use</dt>
<dd>
<ul class="spaced">
<li>Easier password management: an information bar replaces the old                 password dialog so you can now save passwords after a successful login.</li>
<li>Simplified add-on installation: the add-ons whitelist has been removed                 making it possible to install extensions from third-party sites in fewer                 clicks.</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">[Improved in Beta 3!]</span>                 New Download Manager: the revised download manager makes it much                 easier to locate downloaded files, and you can see and search on the 				name of the website where a file came from. Your active downloads and  				time remaining are always shown in the status bar as your files download.</li>
<li>Resumable downloading: users can now resume downloads after                 restarting the browser or resetting your network connection.</li>
<li>Full page zoom: from the View menu and via keyboard shortcuts, the                 new zooming feature lets you zoom in and out of entire pages, scaling the                 layout, text and images.</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">[Improved in Beta 3!]</span>                 Podcasts and Videocasts can be associated with your media playback tools.</li>
<li>Tab scrolling and quickmenu: tabs are easier to locate with the new                 tab scrolling and tab quickmenu.</li>
<li>Save what you were doing: Firefox will prompt users to save tabs on                 exit.</li>
<li>Optimized Open in Tabs behavior: opening a folder of bookmarks in                 tabs now appends the new tabs rather than overwriting.</li>
<li>Location and Search bar size can now be customized with a simple                 resizer item.</li>
<li>Text selection improvements: multiple text selections can be made                 with Ctrl/Cmd; double-click drag selects in &#8220;word-by-word&#8221; mode;                 triple-clicking selects a paragraph.</li>
<li>Find toolbar: the Find toolbar now opens with the current                 selection.</li>
<li>Plugin management: users can disable individual plugins in the Add-on                 Manager.</li>
<li>Integration with Vista: Firefox&#8217;s menus now display using Vista&#8217;s                 native theme.</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">[Improved in Beta 3!]</span>                 Integration with the Mac: the new Firefox theme makes toolbars, icons, and                  other user interface elements look like a native OS X application.                 Firefox also uses OS X widgets and spell-checker in web forms and                 supports Growl for notifications of completed downloads and available                 updates.</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">[Improved in Beta 3!]</span>                 Integration with Linux: Firefox&#8217;s default icons, buttons, and menu                 styles now use the native GTK theme.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt id="personal">More Personal</dt>
<dd>
<ul class="spaced">
<li><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">[Improved in Beta 3!]</span>                 Star button: quickly add bookmarks from the location bar with a                 single click; a second click lets you file and tag them.</li>
<li>Tags: associate keywords with your bookmarks to sort them by                 topic.</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">[Improved in Beta 3!]</span>                 Location bar &amp; auto-complete: type in all or part of the title, tag or                  address of a page to see a list of matches from your history and bookmarks;                 a new display makes it easier to scan through the matching results and find                 that page you&#8217;re looking for. New in Beta 3 is an improved search algorithm                 which calculates the <em>recency</em> and <em>frequency</em> of a visit to come                 up with a <em>frecency</em> score that is used to determine the most relevant                 results.</li>
<li>Smart Bookmarks Folder: quickly access your recently bookmarked and                 tagged pages, as well as your more frequently visited pages with the new smart                 bookmarks folder on your bookmark toolbar.</li>
<li>Places Organizer: view, organize and search through all of your bookmarks,                 tags, and browsing history with multiple views and smart folders to store                  your frequent searches.</li>
<li>Web-based protocol handlers: web applications, such as your favorite                 webmail provider, can now be used instead of desktop applications for handling                 mailto: links from other sites. Similar support is available for other                 protocols (Web applications will have to first enable this by registering as                 handlers with Firefox).</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">[Improved in Beta 3!]</span>                 Download &amp; Install Add-ons: the Add-ons Manager (Tools &gt; Add-ons) can                 now be used to download and install a Firefox customization from the thousands                 of Add-ons available from our <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/">community                 add-ons website</a>. When you first open the Add-ons Manager, a list of                 recommended Add-ons is shown.</li>
<li>Easy to use Download Actions: a new Applications preferences pane                 provides a better UI for configuring handlers for various file types and                 protocol schemes.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt id="engine">Improved Platform for Developers</dt>
<dd>
<ul class="spaced">
<li>New graphics and font handling: new graphics and text rendering                 architectures in Gecko 1.9 provides rendering improvements in CSS, SVG as well                 as improved display of fonts with ligatures and complex scripts.</li>
<li>Color management: (set gfx.color_management.enabled on in                 about:config and restart the browser to enable.) Firefox can now adjust images                 with embedded color profiles.</li>
<li>Offline support: enables web applications to provide offline                 functionality (website authors must add support for offline browsing to their                 site for this feature to be available to users).</li>
<li>A more complete overview of <a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Firefox_3_for_developers">Firefox 3                 for developers</a> is available for website and add-on developers.</li>
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<dt id="performance">Improved Performance</dt>
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<li>Reliability: A user&#8217;s bookmarks, history, cookies, and preferences                 are now stored in a transactionally secure database format which will prevent                 data loss even if their system crashes.</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">[Improved in Beta 3!]</span>                 Speed: Major architectural changes (such as the move to Cairo and a                 rewrite to how reflowing a page layout works) put foundations in place for                 major performance tuning which have resulted in speed increases that continue                 to increase page drawing speed in Beta 3. This release also features over 90                  changes that improve performance over the previous beta.</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold">[Improved in Beta 3!]</span>                 Memory usage: Over 350 individual memory leaks have been plugged, and                 a new <a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Interfacing_with_the_XPCOM_cycle_collector">XPCOM                 cycle collector</a> completely eliminates many more. Developers are continuing                 to work on optimizing memory use (by releasing cached objects more quickly) and                 reducing fragmentation. Beta 3 includes more than 50 improvements to memory use                 over the previous beta.</li>
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<h3 id="download"><u>Downloading Firefox 3 Beta 3</u></h3>
<p>Mozilla provides Firefox 3 Beta 3 for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X in a          variety of languages. You can <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html">get the latest version           of Firefox 3 Beta 3 here</a>. For builds for other systems and languages not           provided by Mozilla.org, see the Contributed Builds section at the end of this document.</p>
<h3 id="install">Installing Firefox 3 Beta 3</h3>
<p>Please note that installing Firefox 3 Beta 3 <em>will overwrite</em> your          existing installation of Firefox on Mac OS X and Linux. On Windows,            Firefox 3 Beta 3 installs in a new folder. For all systems, you won&#8217;t lose           any of your bookmarks or browsing history, but some of your extensions and other add-ons might           not work until updates for them are made available.</p>
<p>Related News: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080212-first-look-firefox-3-beta-3.html" target="_blank">First look: Firefox 3 beta 3 polishes rough edges</a></p>
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		<title>Running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Alpha 4</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ubuntu 8.04 codename Hardy Heron <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-February/000373.html" target="_blank">alpha 4</a> was <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-February/000373.html">officially released</a> 2 days back and is now <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/alpha-4/">available for download</a>. This <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/Alpha4" target="_blank">alpha 4</a> 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.</p>
<p>Personally I took the  opportunity to test it on my <a href="http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/vmware-shortcuts-key/">VMware</a> 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.</p>
<p>The first bug I was found is Firefox, according to <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/hardy/alpha4" target="_blank">Ubuntu</a> 8.04 alpha 4  I suppose to have <strong>Firefox 3 beta 2</strong> but it&#8217;s running on <strong>Firefox 2.0.0.10</strong>.<br />
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<p><img src="http://www.planetlowyat.com/images/hardy/hardy_heron_firefox.png" height="390" width="520" /></p>
<p>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 <strong>Sepang Asia/Kuala Lumpur</strong>, it&#8217;s suppose to set to <strong>GMT+8:00</strong> but the system display <strong>GMT+13:00</strong>.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.planetlowyat.com/images/hardy/hardy_heron_time_bug.png" height="390" width="520" /></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.planetlowyat.com/images/hardy/hardy_heron_unlock.png" /></p>
<p><strong>Vinagre :-</strong> 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 &amp; Avahi VNC Server Browser</p>
<p><img src="http://www.planetlowyat.com/images/hardy/hardy_heron_avahi.png" /></p>
<p>Remote Desktop Viewer version 0.4.90</p>
<p><img src="http://www.planetlowyat.com/images/hardy/hardy_heron_remote_desktop_viewer.png" height="390" width="520" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/" target="_blank">OpenOffice</a> version 2.3</p>
<p><img src="http://www.planetlowyat.com/images/hardy/hardy_heron_openoffice_2.3.png" height="390" width="520" /></p>
<p>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&#8217;s running on version 2.21.4</p>
<p><img src="http://www.planetlowyat.com/images/hardy/hardy_heron_seahorse.png" height="390" width="520" /></p>
<p>During the computer logon, the &#8216;Ubuntu Desktop Search&#8217; will initialize indexing tracker.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.planetlowyat.com/images/hardy/hardy_heron_search.png" height="390" width="520" /></p>
<p>The GNOME System Monitor has a revamped &#8220;Resources&#8221; tab, with Cairo graphs that scroll and scale smoothly, and brand new widgets. With alpha 4, it&#8217;s running on version 2.21.5.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.planetlowyat.com/images/hardy/hardy_heron_system_monitor.png" height="390" width="520" /></p>
<p>Basically,  I think the overall are pretty good but I&#8217;m not really tested in details. I&#8217;m looking forward for the Ubuntu 8.04 official release.</p>
<p>Related post: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080202-first-look-ubuntu-8-04-hardy-heron-alpha-4.html">First look: Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 4</a></p>
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