<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Is this ready yet for upgrade from a Gutsy install or would it still require a fresh install?<br><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Brian Pitts <brian@polibyte.com><br>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><br>Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 9:12:32 PM<br>Subject: [ale] Final Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha Release<br><br>
The
6th
alpha
release
of
Ubuntu
8.04
LTS,
the
"Hardy
Heron",
is
out. <br>They've
passed
DebianImportFreeze,
FeatureFreeze,
and <br>UserInterfaceFreeze.
There's
not
much
time
left
for
bug
fixing,
so
if <br>you'll
be
using
this
version
you
should
give
it
a
test
drive
now
and <br>report
any
problems
at
<a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu</a><br><br>
>From
<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseSchedule" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseSchedule</a>:<br>March
13th
BetaFreeze<br>March
20th
BetaRelease,
DocumentationStringFreeze<br>April
10th
KernelFreeze<br>April
17th
ReleaseCandidate<br>April
24th
FinalRelease<br><br>Lots
of
interesting
things
are
being
added
in
this
release
for
the <br>enterprise
(ActiveDirectory
integration,
virtualization
with <br>virt-manager
and
KVM,
iSCSI
support)
and
the
average
user
(the
latest <br>GNOME,
Firefox
3,
a
GUI
for
dynamically
configuring
multiple
displays) <br>and
the
potential
user
(reboot
from
cd
without
changing
the
BIOS
boot <br>order,
the
ability
to
install
to
a
file
inside
a
ntfs
partition);
see <br>the
release
notes
at
<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/Alpha6" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/Alpha6</a><br><br>You
can
download
the
iso
from <br><a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/alpha-6/" target="_blank">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/alpha-6/</a><br><br>-Brian<br>_______________________________________________<br>Ale
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