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Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope hits beta, full release in April

by Brad Linder on March 27, 2009 at 10:00 AM

Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope will officially launch on April 23rd. But if you want to try it out now, the first beta version has hit the Canonical servers. That means you can download and run or install a LiveCD or upgrade from an existing Ubuntu installation. While there are still some bugs to work out, Ubuntu beta releases tend to be much more reliable than alpha versions, pretty much as you'd expect.

Jaunty Jackalope features a number of improvements over Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, including the latest versions of GNOME and KDE, support for the Ext4 file system, a new notification scheme, and new graphics. Ubuntu 9.04 beta also has a few new features since the last pre-release version, including a faster boot sequence, a new boot splash screen, and updated packages including OpenOffice.org 3.0.1, Firefox 3.0.7, and ~~the latest Linux kernel~~ the 2.6.28-11.37 Linux kernel.

[via Softpedia]

Tags: jaunty-jackalope, osupdates, ubuntu-9.04, ubuntu-9.04-beta

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Level 5Mar 27th 2009 11:34AM

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The OS that's most ahead of its time, running free software that's much too far past its time. Sad reality, I'd love to ditch Windows and OSX for Linux full-time, but the software it just not there yet.

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Misuzu KamioMar 27th 2009 1:27PM

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I made the switch when 8.10 offered Windows Mobile tethering support. Goodbye activesync! :)

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Level 5Mar 27th 2009 2:35PM

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My whole thing is major league software. GIMP is no Photoshop, OOo is no MS Office, and there is no equivalent to much of the software I use on a daily basis. No Adobe Soundbooth, SoundForge 6.0, Propellerheads Reason/Recycle, and the list goes on and on. I wouldn't want to buy majority of this stuff again though even if native Linux versions did come about eventually. And I figure if I MUST deal with buggy/slow WINE or sluggish VM's, then I might as well just run Windows or OSX. Shit at least OSX is Unix based.

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AyleMar 27th 2009 2:35PM

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What does the fact the OSX is loosely based on Unix have to with what you said?

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Drew GreenMar 27th 2009 2:39PM

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OSX isn't "loosely based on UNIX", it is built on UNIX.

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Level 5Mar 31st 2009 7:41AM

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@Ayle

It has to do with a using Unix based OS. OS X = Unix based. Linux = Unix based. Not sure how that wasn't clear.

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Matias KorhonenMar 27th 2009 2:55PM

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Jaunty does NOT have the latest Linux kernel, it has 2.6.28. The latest is 2.6.29. It might seem like a small change, but the kernel often gains major features in point releases (For example stable Ext4 in the transition from 2.6.27 to 2.6.28).

It is likely that Jaunty will never use .29, as the Ubuntu developers have already committed themselvem to .28. This is the major problem when you use a release based distro (as opposed to a rolling release distro, such as Arch Linux). Another example would be Open Office as the last release of Ubuntu (8.10) never upgraded it to 3.x.

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