Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 21st Mar 2008 20:17 UTC, submitted by Philipp Esselbach
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu The beta version of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS has been released. "Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server follows in the footsteps of Ubuntu 7.10 with even more virtualization support and security enhancements - enabling AppArmor for more applications by default, improving protection of kernel memory against attacks, and supporting KVM and iSCSI technologies out of the box. The Ubuntu 8.04 family of variants, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu, also reach beta status today."
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by islander on Sat 22nd Mar 2008 02:13 UTC in reply to "RE: ......"
islander
Member since:
2007-04-11

I'm in the same boat, though it's not looking too good for me. The bloat factor with this one is huge ;)

And a lot of new stuff that's not had much testing, gnome gvfs, selinux for starters.

I guess we'll see when the final is released?


Lets hope it goes well.Tested Gibbon and wasn't too thrilled.

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by 6c1452 on Sat 22nd Mar 2008 04:30 in reply to "RE[2]: ......"
6c1452 Member since:
2007-08-29

I had some problems with 7.10, but got them all worked out eventually. Right now, everything - everything - is working perfectly. Just in time for the next update.

I wouldn't mind some FF3 goodness (and hopefully a non-suck version of xorg), but I think maybe I'll wait for security updates to 7.10 expire before I upgrade to 8.04. Then get everything working again, and not touch it (except for updates) until the next LTS release.

Six months is too often for OS releases. I could get behind decently polished yearly releases, but I've been doing six month upgrades since 5.10 or so and I'm sick of it. Especially since every upgrade seems to break something really inconvenient at random.

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by chris_dk on Sat 22nd Mar 2008 08:14 in reply to "RE[3]: ......"
chris_dk Member since:
2005-07-12


Six months is too often for OS releases. I could get behind decently polished yearly releases, but I've been doing six month upgrades since 5.10 or so and I'm sick of it. Especially since every upgrade seems to break something really inconvenient at random.


That's why I moved back to Debian (lenny). You have one release that get's updated and you don't have to reinstall and have lots of issues all the time. Also, Debian has better QA, boots faster, feels faster. I don't miss Ubuntu.

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