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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. 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
  2. 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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  3. 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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