Submitted by admin on Fri, 2008-03-21 21:03
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A first beta of "Hardy Heron", version 8.04 (i.e. April 2008) of Kubuntu, the popular Debian-based Linux distro with a KDE desktop, has been released. Two versions of it will be released, a "rock solid" one with KDE 3.5.9, and a "remixed" one featuring KDE 4. Other major new features:
- Easy configuring of desktop effects with Compiz in KDE 3
- Amarok v1.4.8, featuring better iPod compatibility and iPhone and iPod Touch support
- Auto-installing of codecs in Kaffeine
- Wubi, allowing the install of Ubuntu into a Windows file-system without partitioning
- Encrypted filesystems (other than for the /boot partition)
- Write support for NTFS
- Bulletproof X, a fail-safe X11 mode
For CD download mirrors, see the release announcement; for upgrade instructions from Gutsy (7.10), see here. For information on the standard Ubuntu Hardy beta with the GNOME desktop, which has also been released, see here.