TrichomeKid
03-21-2008, 10:18 AM
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Beta has been released.
Upgrade: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades
New features:
Xorg 7.3
The latest Xorg (http://www.x.org/), Xorg 7.3, is available in Hardy, with an emphasis on better autoconfiguration with a minimal configuration file. This Beta brings a new Screen Resolution utility that allows users to dynamically configure the resolution, refresh rate, and rotation of a second monitor. This will be particularly handy for laptop users that connect to a projector or external monitor.
Linux kernel 2.6.24
This Beta includes the 2.6.24-12.13 kernel (http://kernel.org/) based on 2.6.24.3. This brings in significant enhancements and fixes that have been merged in the last few months into the mainline kernel, including:
dynticks support for amd64, bringing the same power savings already available on 32-bit systems to 64-bit laptops and desktops
the "Completely Fair Scheduler", a new process scheduler introduced in Linux 2.6.23 that provides improved interactive performance.GNOME 2.22
Hardy Heron Beta brings you the latest and greatest GNOME 2.22 (http://www.gnome.org/start/2.22/notes/en/) with lots of new features and improvements, such as a new Nautilus (http://www.gnome.org/projects/nautilus/) that uses GVFS as its backend. GVFS makes it possible to fix shortcomings of Nautilus such as the inability to restore files from trash, pause and undo file operations, and will make it possible to escalate user privileges for certain operations using PolicyKit for authentication. It also brings a significant performance boost to many operations.
http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9451/upgradegv9.png
Upgrade: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades
New features:
Xorg 7.3
The latest Xorg (http://www.x.org/), Xorg 7.3, is available in Hardy, with an emphasis on better autoconfiguration with a minimal configuration file. This Beta brings a new Screen Resolution utility that allows users to dynamically configure the resolution, refresh rate, and rotation of a second monitor. This will be particularly handy for laptop users that connect to a projector or external monitor.
Linux kernel 2.6.24
This Beta includes the 2.6.24-12.13 kernel (http://kernel.org/) based on 2.6.24.3. This brings in significant enhancements and fixes that have been merged in the last few months into the mainline kernel, including:
dynticks support for amd64, bringing the same power savings already available on 32-bit systems to 64-bit laptops and desktops
the "Completely Fair Scheduler", a new process scheduler introduced in Linux 2.6.23 that provides improved interactive performance.GNOME 2.22
Hardy Heron Beta brings you the latest and greatest GNOME 2.22 (http://www.gnome.org/start/2.22/notes/en/) with lots of new features and improvements, such as a new Nautilus (http://www.gnome.org/projects/nautilus/) that uses GVFS as its backend. GVFS makes it possible to fix shortcomings of Nautilus such as the inability to restore files from trash, pause and undo file operations, and will make it possible to escalate user privileges for certain operations using PolicyKit for authentication. It also brings a significant performance boost to many operations.
http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9451/upgradegv9.png