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Ubuntu 8.04 Beta Released

Posted by kdawson on from the heron-your-chest dept.

markybob writes "Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 beta has been released. It features GNOME 2.22 and uses Linux kernel 2.6.24. Furthermore, it uses Firefox 3 beta 4, and PulseAudio is enabled by default. To ease the transition of Windows users, it includes Wubi, which allows users to install and uninstall Ubuntu like any other Windows application. It does not require a dedicated partition, nor does it affect the existing bootloader, yet users can experience a dual-boot setup almost identical to a full installation."

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  1. WUBI? by scubamage · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Anyone have any information about this? I prefer having a linux environment but my work laptop *must* run windows thanks to company software. This seems like it may be a much better solution for me compared to, say, cygwin.

    1. Re:WUBI? by strabes · · Score: 4, Insightful

      My advice is to wait for the final release of hardy, which should be rock solid stable. It is still decently buggy at this point.

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  2. Re:Still free? by NDPTAL85 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    During the time that RH and Mandrake didn't do this, weren't THEY suckers too for thinking you could run a business without charging for ... well anything?

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  3. ubuntu a windows application by dspolleke · · Score: 4, Insightful

    which allows users to install and uninstall Ubuntu like any other Windows application.
    Since when is Ubuntu a windows application? It isn't even an application.. It is a Linux distribution. If Wubi get's out into the world as "the way to install Ubuntu" noob users will assume they need Windows to install a Linux distro.. why is no one creating an app to turn it around? You can convert your Windows partition to a VMware disk and save it to an USB disk or network store.. Install a Linux distro, install a Virtual Machine player (Innotek virtualbox, VMware) put the disk back and load windows from within Linux.. And install and uninstall windows like any other Linux distribution software package
  4. Re:Still free? by nurb432 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Charging for support/consulting is something that money can be made on. You don't have to cripple your product in the process.

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  5. Re:The Real Question Is..... by PCM2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You can't very well blame the extremely hardworking Ubuntu and Linux kernel developers when hardware manufacturers actively block their attempts to write drivers, refuse to release specs, etc. Sure, it would be another success for Linux if it could support your device without using the Windows drivers. But you act as if it's a failure for Ubuntu when you try to use incompatible hardware with it. In future, try to buy from vendors whose hardware is at least possible to support under Linux.

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