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Ubuntu has released the 5th alpha version of Ubuntu 8.04. I was going to upgrade to aplha 5 thinking they would have fixed the bugs that existed in alpha 4, but alpha 5 carries the same bugs plus a lot more. I’ll now wait till beta is released before upgrading.

Here are some highlights of alpha 5.

• Alpha 5 includes the 2.6.24-8.14 (2.6.24.2-based) kernel.
• Alpha 5 includes PulseAudio enabled by default.
• With Alpha 5, PolicyKit integration is visible in the administrative user interfaces.
• Firefox 3 Beta 3 replaces Firefox 2 as the default browser in Alpha 5.
• The GTK version of the popular Transmission BitTorrent client comes with Alpha 5. It’s set to replace the Gnome BitTorrent downloader.
• The new Vinagre VNC client is installed by default in Alpha 5, replacing xvnc4viewer.
• WinFOSS and the Windows open source software have been replaced by umenu, a simple launcher that lets the user install Ubuntu from Windows using Wubi.
• There is a new installation option for Windows users. Wubi allows users to install and uninstall Ubuntu like any other Windows application.

Download Alpha 5 here .

Here are some issues related to alpha 5:

• The kernel in Alpha 5 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. As a workaround, users can boot the installer with the additional "all_generic_ide" boot option.
• Video problems have been reported with the 64-bit (amd64) version of Edubuntu desktop.
• Video problems have been reported with the 64-bit (amd64) versions of Ubuntu desktops and some NVIDIA graphics cards.
• Users with an older ATI Radeon graphics card might have video problems.
• Due to the switch to GVFS, which is not feature complete, the "Network" item in the Places menu doesn’t work, and Nautilus can behave erratically, especially in trash operations.
• The desktop launcher for Firefox does not work in Alpha 5, as a consequence of the change from Firefox 2 to Firefox 3.
• Printing from Firefox beta 3 does not work.
• Problems running Wubi, the Windows Ubuntu installer, with the 64-bit (amd64) version of Ubuntu have been reported.
• Suspend (to ram) and hibernation do not work in a Wubi installation. Even if those options are available on the desktop, you should avoid using them.
• When running Wubi from a Kubuntu CD, the KDE desktop will crash and the user will be left with just a X cursor, however the install will continue and it will reboot automatically upon completion.

Source: Ubuntu Wiki

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 at 10:29 am.
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