Introduction to Ubuntu 8.04 Beta Release

According to the Ubuntu Wiki the Hardy Heron 8.04 beta release is available. If you would like to download one of the images for the release, you can grab it from here. For those brave souls wanting and upgrade, you can find the upgrade instructions here on the Wiki as well.

So far my personal experience with Hardy Heron has been good. The last release I tried on my HP nc6400 laptop was the Alpha 5 release. I have been hoping for better power management features with the newer release as to extend the battery life from my laptop.

Some of the new features in the Hardy Heron release include:

Xorg 7.3

Linux kernel 2.6.24

GNOME 2.22

PolicyKit

PulseAudio

Firefox 3 Beta 4

Transmission

Vinagre

Brasero Upgrade

World Clock Applet

ActiveDirectory integration

And many others.. See a full list of exciting new features, updates and enhancements on the wiki page.