New features in Ubuntu Hardy Heron (due in 20 days)

Though the main focus of the upcoming release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) is for long term support and bug fixes of existing features, Hardy Heron still packs quite a few notable features to look forward to :

Wubi and umenu

Installation without creating a separate partition for Ubuntu Linux is made easier with Wubi! Inserting Ubuntu CDROM will display a start up application which enables you to install Ubuntu on your windows partition using a loopback device.

wubi ubuntu installer

umenu ubuntu installer using wubi

After installation, Ubuntu will be added as one of bootable operating system in your Windows boot menu.

Install Ubuntu without the need to repartition, format and hassle.

Fine-grained User Permission Control
Ubuntu Hardy Heron integrates PolicyKit on administrative user interfaces. This allows you to have better control over user access on specific administrative task. For example, you can assign privilege for one user to access network controls but not software installation.

PolicyKit in Hardy Heron

Easy to use host-based firewall
The new Ubuntu release, Hardy Heron also includes ufw (uncomplicated firewall) that is easy to setup and use by end users without bothering network admnistrators.

New default bittorrent downloader
Transmission replaced Gnome Bittorrrent as the default bittorrent downloader in Ubuntu Hardy Heron LTS. Transmission is a lightweight bittorrent client with automatic banning feature and protocol encryption.

transmission.jpg

Additionally, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS also includes GNOME 2.22 and Firefox 3 Beta, which is better integrated with GNOME desktop environment. I’m looking forward for the next Ubuntu release, due on April 24th, 2008, that is three weeks from now!

2 Replies to “New features in Ubuntu Hardy Heron (due in 20 days)”

  1. i upgraded to HH BETA… it is a bloody way…

    1 – well done to wait 20 days, i lost something like a week of life for the beta and for some elite-community-member’s advice

    2 – never ever use the beta if you have only one machine: my job remained completely blocked for days

    3 – be really really careful to the ubuntu repos update policy: if you have to be up to date for your critical applications, don’t, repeat, don’t rely on the repos: you have to search the packages and install them manually, every time
    (see the about–> motivation section @ http://www.getdeb.net)

    4 –
    if you need a serious professional developer environment, go to debian itself

    if you simply need a good, hassle free, always up to date workstation go to mepis, a really friendly and fast, incredibly well supported by official guide and forum, solidly deb-based distro,
    or dreamlinux, deb-based and really attractive (osx look), very good…

    5 – ubuntu is really fashion these days, but it has no more to offer compared to debian, mepis, or dreamlinux… and (good) support and help about ubuntu is incredibly well hidden…

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