(K)Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Alpha 3 released
(K)Ubuntu team has released their 3rd alpha of Hardy Heron. Here is the list of changes/new features in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron:
- The latest Xorg, Xorg 7.3, is available in Hardy.
- Alpha 3 includes the 2.6.24-3.5 (2.6.24-rc6-based) kernel. This includes dynticks support for amd64, bringing the same power savings already available on 32-bit systems to 64-bit laptops and desktops.
- Alpha 3 includes PulseAudio enabled by default. Some non-GNOME applications still need to be changed to output to pulse/esd by default and the volume control tools are still not integrated. If you are wondering what PulseAudio is, PulseAudio is a sound server for POSIX and Win32 systems. A sound server is basically a proxy for your sound applications. It allows you to do advanced operations on your sound data as it passes between your application and your hardware.
- With Alpha 3, PolicyKit integration is gaining visibility 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.
- Firefox 3 beta 2 included.
Here are few bugs that you might run into or impact your system:
- The new kernel in Alpha 3 is unable to access CD-ROM devices in some configurations, which means some users who were previously able to install Ubuntu will not be able to install this alpha from CD media.
- Video problems have been reported with the 64-bit (amd64) version of Edubuntu desktop. As a workaround, users can manually specify a video resolution at the boot menu.
- Users with an older ATI Radeon graphics card might have video problems. As a workaround, you can boot the livecd with a failsafe mode, and after installation add ‘Option “AGPMode” “4″‘ to the “Device” -section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
- The livecd installer will crash when selecting languages that are not used by more than one country. As a workaround, install in English and change the language afterwards, or install a new version of the ubiquity package on the livecd before starting the installer.
Source: Ubuntu.
Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Aplha 3 contains KDE 4.0 stable release.
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