De ontwikkelaars van Ubuntu Linux hebben een nieuwe release candidate van het besturingssysteem uitgebracht. Het gaat om de laatste bètaversie van de 8.04-release, die vanaf deze pagina in verschillende uitvoeringen kan worden gedownload. Nieuw in Ubuntu Linux 8.04 is de ondersteuning van Gnome 2.22, Linux-kernel 2.6.24, X.org 7.3 en Firefox 3.0 beta 5. Verder is de Linux-distributie van het policyprogramma Policykit, het brandprorgamma Brasero en de torrentclient Transmission voorzien. Wat de ontwikkelaars van Ubuntu over de release candidate van versie 8.04 hebben geschreven, kan hieronder worden gelezen:
We consider this release candidate to be complete, stable, and suitable for testing by any user.
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition features incremental improvements to familiar applications, with an emphasis on stability for this second Ubuntu long-term support release, and is easier than ever to try out with the new Wubi installer.
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition follows in the footsteps of Ubuntu 7.10 with even more virtualization support and security enhancements - enabling AppArmor for more applications by default, improving protection of kernel memory against attacks, and supporting KVM and iSCSI technologies out of the box.
The Ubuntu 8.04 LTS family of variants, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu, also reach RC status today.
The final release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is scheduled for 24 April 2008 and will be supported for three years on the desktop and five years on the server.