The first preview release of
Ubuntu Linux 5.04 is now available for download and testing: "The Ubuntu Team is proud to announce the preview of their second release: Ubuntu 5.04-preview - codenamed 'Hoary Hedgehog'. The preview release includes both install CDs and bootable live CDs for three architectures. The highlights include: GNOME 2.10; X.org 6.8.2; Kickstart compatibility for automatic installations; several new desktop package-management tools to make it even easier to stay up to date; an ultra-fast boot process, with optimized init process and special optimizations for the hotplug system...." More details in the
release announcement. Download (i386):
hoary-preview-install-i386.iso (533MB),
hoary-preview-live-i386.iso (515MB). ISO images for AMD64 and PowerPC architectures, as well as BitTorrent trackers, are also
available
