Hands on with Ubuntu 8.04 :: Linux Format :: The website of the UK's best-selling Linux magazine

Hands on with Ubuntu 8.04 :: Linux Format :: The website of the UK's best-selling Linux magazine: "Yes, the Hardy Heron is here! This is the new Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu, and is possibly the most eagerly anticipated distro of all time. Read on for our hands-on look at the new features, with screenshots galore...

It doesn't seem possible that almost two years have passed since the first Long Term Supported release of Ubuntu, the Dapper Drake, was launched. Marking the end of the first 'wave' of Ubuntu development, it promised much and delivered a solid distribution which is still supported today, and in fact will be supported right up until June 2009.

Step forward two years and we have the release of the second LTS version codenamed the Hardy Heron, or, professionally speaking, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. The development of Ubuntu has not let up since 6.06 got out the door, with some impressive releases that have lead up to this point in time. Specifically the code names tend to hint at the core tenets of each release, with the Edgy Eft, followed by the Feisty Fawn and finally the Gutsy Gibbon all being edgy, feisty and gutsy in their own way. The Hardy Heron suggests that it will be resilient, stable and above all usable by the masses."