Hardy Heron Released: Seize the Download
The New release of Ubuntu, Hardy Heron(8.04) was released today.
Over the last couple of cycles the Ubuntu project has become the go-to version of Linux. And this release is getting some major press for a couple of reasons:
- First, it’s a Long Term Support release. This means security upgrades and patches will be supported by Ubuntu until 2012. Or until the next Windows comes out
- Ubuntu has worked hard to add the latest and greatest in this release. The core of the OS has been updated with new installer, kernel, interfaces and applications. Heron comes with Firefox 3, OpenOffice 2.4 and other major uprades.
- Heron gives you three run options: Live from CD and installed you’re probably familiar with. But the Wubi installer also lets you set up a virtual machine, letting you run faster than live and keep your settings from session to sesion without destroying your Windows installation.
- Real 64 bit support. Take that, Vista!
- Better Graphic detection, and better error messages means this might be the one that finally works on my gerbil powered, kludgy eMachine
- Some neat graphic tweaks, if you’re into all that
Head on over to ubuntu and burn a copy to see what all the fuss is about.
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