Ubuntu has released the latest version of its Linux operating system, nicknamed "Hardy Heron." The new release includes Long Term Support, which lasts for three years on the desktop and five years on the server.
Ubuntu LTS releases come out every two years. The last Ubuntu LTS, Dapper Drake (6.06.2), came out in May 2006, and has one more year of support left. The previous version, Gutsy Gibbon, or Ubuntu 7.10, was released in October 2007 but wasn't LTS.
With the release, Ubuntu and its commercial sponsor Canonical aim to dispel the myth that there isn't a market for the Linux desktop and that it can compete against Microsoft. The Ubuntu 8.04 release also aims to make it easier for users to try out Linux.
"The key areas of focus for 8.04 are stability and also ease of installation and a focus on removing barriers to testing the platform," Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth said on a conference call with reporters and analysts.
One such barrier will be removed with a new technology called "Wubi," which is a Windows based installer for Ubuntu. Creating a dual-boot machine is fairly common, with Windows on one partition and Linux on the other, but it can be a daunting task to anyone not comfortable with disk partitioning or unwilling to lose existing files. With Wubi, there is no partitioning of the disk drive, so Ubuntu can be installed on to an existing Windows machine without losing any data. If the user or admin decides against Ubuntu, it can easily be uninstalled using the Add/Remove Programs option in Control Panels.
Ubuntu 8.04 comes with several new applications, such as the Transmission BitTorrent client, a new CD burning program (Brasero), the Cheese webcam application, a new version of Xorg (which offers improved auto-configuration options for monitor set up) and the PolicyKit (an interface which enables users to more easily allow or deny access to applications).
Ubuntu 8.04 also comes with a photo managing application, F-Spot, as well as music sharing features, a movie player with YouTube browsing capabilities, a clock and a calendar. GNOME applications provide desktop visual effects.
Corporate and individual users get security updates and maintenance for three years due to the longer upgrade planning cycle for Ubuntu 8.04. Upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10, due in October this year, will be an appealing option for users needing the latest applications. Those who need longer deployment cycles can continue with Ubuntu 8.04 for 3 years and then move on to the next LTS release. Adobe, Google, Real Networks, Nero, Skype, Corel, Parallels, Fluendo are among the more than 30 commercial independent software vendors who plan to distribute their applications on the 8.04 LTS desktop platform.
A new version, Ubuntu 8.10 (codenamed Intrepid Ibex), is just around the corner; it is scheduled to be released sometime in October.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Ubuntu 8.04 - Who needs Windows?
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It's lind of funny, but I have been reading posts from bloggers with headlines similar to this since the release of VIsta. Now I'm not a Microsoft customer, nor am I an Apple user. Fact is that I have been using UNIX and it's variants for the better part of the last 10 years. And still, I see a lot of situations where people need Windows. I also see many instances where people need *BSD, Apple, Solaris, the list goes on and on.
Posts like this are often quite positive and informative if not at least entertaining. I just wish more thought could be put into what is really trying to be said here. ANd that is, from what I gather, that self gratification and getting attention as an end user is more important than any real professional or well=thought-out deployment of an efficient workflow.
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