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Ubuntu & Kubuntu 9.04 Released

ubuntulogo Ubuntu/Kubuntu 9.04 aka Jaunty Jackalope is now ready for download. As always the downloads will also be available in torrents are well, it’ll just take a couple of days to get it seeded. Note – an interesting feature of the Ubuntu family is called Wubi it allows anyone to install and uninstall Ubuntu from within Windows just like any other program.

Ubuntu

The biggest new features of Ubuntu are:

  • GNOME 2.26
  • X.Org server 1.6
  • Boot performance – Dramatically improved boot times, as low as 25 seconds on some machines.
  • Linux kernel 2.6.28
  • Ext4 filesystem support

Kubuntu

For the KDE fans Kubuntu is also available today and here are the newest features for it. Download it here.

  • KDE 4.2
  • Quassel IRC client
  • Amarok 2.0.2 for your music needs
  • KTorrent 3.2
  • Digikam 0.10.0
  • Qt 4.5
  • Intel Atom Support for netbook support

Kubuntu 8.10 Released

Intrepid Ibex The latest version of Ubuntu and Kubuntu have been released. These released are both called Intrepid Ibex, hence the logo. Me being partial to KDE I really cared about this new release because it includes KDE 4.1, which include some very nice features. Mainly some nice eye candy but also the inclusion of a new file manager called Dolphin which is nice since Konqueror was one of KDE pitfalls in my opinion. Here is the official release page with screen shots and more descriptions on the features in this release. Here is the torrent page with all the different torrent files for all the versions of Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 8.04 Beta

Ubuntu has just released a beta for the new April release of “Hardy Heron” as it’s called. Lots of new features have been included.

  • Linux kernel 2.6.24
  • GNOME 2.22
  • PolicyKit
  • Firefox 3 Beta 4
  • Virtualization
  • ActiveDirectory integration
  • Memory Protection
  • Wubi

I think one of my favorites has to be Wubi, what this is an installer for Windows. What it does is allows a user to install/uninstall Ubuntu just like any other application, with no need to have another boot loader or separate partition. For those that prefer KDE to Gnome the Kubuntu beta is also out and can be found here. Kubuntu has is available with either KDE 3.5 or the shiny new KDE 4.