Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 5

Steve Langasek has announced the fifth alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron": "Welcome to Hardy Heron Alpha 5, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.04." Features include: "X.Org 7.3; Linux kernel 2.6.24 with dynticks support for amd64; PulseAudio enabled by default; PolicyKit integration; Firefox 3 Beta 3 with much better system integration; GTK+ version of the popular Transmission BitTorrent client; new Vinagre VNC client; Brasero CD/DVD burning application; World Clock Applet; GVFS, the virtual filesystem abstraction layer that's set to replace the ageing GnomeVFS; ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall); umenu, a simple launcher that lets the user install Ubuntu from Windows using Wubi." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (MD5, mirror list): hardy-desktop-i386.iso (694MB, torrent), hardy-desktop-amd64.iso (697MB, torrent). Also released were alpha 5 images for Kubuntu (release notes, download), Edubuntu (download), Xubuntu (download), Ubuntu Studio (download) and other Ubuntu subprojects.