Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 3

Steve Langasek has announced that the third alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" is out and ready for testing: "Welcome to Hardy Heron Alpha-3, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.04." What's new? "X.Org 7.3, with an emphasis on better auto-configuration with a minimal configuration file; Linux kernel 2.6.24 brings in significant enhancements and fixes that have been merged in the last few months into the mainline kernel; PulseAudio enabled by default; PolicyKit integration makes it possible to run administrative applications as a normal user; Firefox 3 Beta 2 brings much better system integration including theming that mirrors the system such as icons and colours as well as having GTK+2 form buttons and open dialog." More info in the release announcement and release notes. Download (MD5): hardy-desktop-i386.isohardy-desktop-amd64.iso (683MB). Also available: Kubuntu (download, release notes), Edubuntu (download) and Xubuntu 8.04 Alpha 3 (download). (678MB),