Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron released April 24.
April 21, 2008 8:40 pm Linux, UbuntuUbuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron is due for release on April 24. Some of hardy’s features include;
- Gnome 2.22
- Linux kernel 2.6.24
- PulseAudio
- Xorg 7.3
- Firefox 3
- Brasero
I installed Hardy on my Dell XPS M1210 and noticed another great feature, native read/write support of NTFS partitions. There is now no longer any need to install drivers such as ntfs-3g. As an LTS release, this version is supported for at least three years by Canonical.
Here is a screenshot of the standard desktop with a few apps open. The Human theme tends towards more orange than brown these days.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Did you have any issues with the wireless drivers using your M1210? I’m not sure how to get it to work on mine.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
No problems with wireless, except for the activity LED not showing. I have an Intel 3945abg wireless card. I think Intel have an open source driver for it now, so you won’t see it in the restricted drivers manager.
May 1st, 2008 at 4:51 am
Cool. I was reading some forums and somone suggested installing linux-backport-modules generic, and after I did my wifi light started working. This is my first time trying out Linux, and I am very impressed.