Finally, after 4 days of hard work, I managed to get Ubuntu 8.04: Hardy Heron running on my laptop. I’m very happy with that even though I had to spent a lot of time on fixing the problems. Now, everything is working perfectly in my Ubuntu system except Hardware Information. The Hardware Information keep crashing when I try to open it. In this post, I want to share my experience upgrading to Hardy Heron.
Upgrading Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu 8.04
On Saturday, I upgraded my Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu 8.04 using the update manager. I clicked on upgrade and followed the instruction. A dialog box pop-up showing the upgrading process. After a while, the process stop and I got a dialog box saying that there was a problem with internet connection. It might be caused by too much load put on the server. For those with slow internet connection, I recommend you to download a live Cd.
Because of that problem, I decided to download a live CD. I torrent a Dvd image of 3.7 GB in just 2 hours. It was super amazing fast; the download speed went up to 600 KB/s. I burned the iso file and loaded it up. I wait for about an hour and the upgrading process finish. The process was really smooth, no problem occurred during the installation process.
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Here are some screenshots of post installation of Hardy Heron
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Here are some sceenshoots taken during the upgrading process
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The waiting is finally over, the Canonical has released the second LTS, long term support of Ubuntu 8.04 codename Hardy Heron to the public today. Ubuntu 8.04 will be officially supported and maintained by Ubuntu team for three years on desktop and five years on server.
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) on desktop and server, continuing Ubuntu’s tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.
For Ubuntu 7.10 user, you can upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04 via update manager and for others, you can download Ubuntu 8.04 from the Ubuntu official website and other mirrors. You also can request free CDs of Ubuntu 8.04. You don’t have to worry about the shipping cost, it will be shipped by Canonical free of charge. You just need to fill up a form.
Download: Ubuntu 8.04
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It’s 4 more days to go until the final version of Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy Heron hit the street. The CEO of Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth guarantees that this version will make it on time. So, for all Ubuntu fans out there (including me), you don’t have to worry. You will get it for sure.
If you go to Ubuntu official website, you will see a link to download a release candidate of Hardy Heron. If you don’t want to wait until the final version come out, you can try this release candidate version and upgrade to stable version later. The release candidate version is considered complete and stable for testing by the Ubuntu development team.
Some updates include in this version are:
- The latest Gnome 2.22.1 with new version of Nautilus file manager
- The 2.6.24-16.30 kernel which is base on 2.6.24.3
- Firefox 3 beta 5 as the default browser
- The PulseAudio sound server is integrated in the Gnome Desktop
- New screen resolution utility
- Wubi installer for easier installation for new user
To get a full list of new features since Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon you can check this page
Banshee is a music management and playback for Gnome. Banshee is just like Windows Media Player where you can import, organize and play your music files. With Banshee, you also can rip CDs, play and sync your iPod, create playlists, and burn audio and MP3 CDs. The first alpha version of Banshee 1.0 hits the street on March 13,2008 with new redesign user interface and new features. The second alpha released saw a support for video management and playback has been added.
New Features
Here is a list of the features added for Banshee 1.0
- Artist/Album Browser - the ability to filter a source by Artist and Album selections. The album view features glorious cover art previews.
- The Play Queue
- Last.fm Integration - Last.fm has been integrated to Banshee
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