Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Alpha 1 Now Available

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Before the most recent version of Ubuntu (8.10, Intrepid Ibex) was even released, founder Mark Shuttleworth was already looking ahead by introducing The Jaunty Jackalope, or what will later be known as version 9.04. That was just over two months ago, and now eager Linux users can take a peek at what the upcoming release has in store by downloading the distro in Alpha 1 form.

In continuing to bring Linux to the mainstream, Shuttleworth listed some specific goals it hopes to meet with Jaunty. Chief among them is improving the distro's boot time, both in standard cases and "when it is being tailored to a specific device." But speed isn't the only improvement he hopes to make in 9.04. The new distro will also look to have tighter integration between web services and desktop applications.

Ubuntu users hoping to get a first look at Jaunty Jackalope can download the Alpha 1 release now, although developer Colin Watson warns that the pre-release isn't intended for anyone needing a stable system.

"This is the very first roughly working set of images off the production line, and they haven't all been tested, so you should expect some bugs," Watson wrote in the release announcement. "Prominent among these are that some of the images are oversized and can only be tested using a DVD or a virtual machine, and that the desktop CD isn't ready yet!"

The next major Alpha release is scheduled for December 18th, followed by additional pre-releases until the final version debuts on April 23.
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That news came relatively fast since the ubuntu 8.10 final just came out a few weeks ago. Lately when getting back to see the Mandriva 2008(seen in beta earlier this year) the finished 2009 version was available!

It seems the Linux family has been busy this year seeing the next version coming out a little sooner then usual. :P
 
Chief among them is improving the distro's boot time, both in standard cases and "when it is being tailored to a specific device."
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I'm curious to know how often that's an issue? From OS-selection in GRUB to full-use only takes my system about 20 seconds; and on my older system about 25. "Tailored to a specific device..."; sounds like that's the purpose of Profiling your system. I wonder if they'll add an auto-Profiling feature that runs every x Boots.
 
imsati said:
I'm curious to know how often that's an issue? From OS-selection in GRUB to full-use only takes my system about 20 seconds; and on my older system about 25. "Tailored to a specific device..."; sounds like that's the purpose of Profiling your system. I wonder if they'll add an auto-Profiling feature that runs every x Boots.
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Yeah, boot times have never been an issue since hoary. O man, those where the days...
 
Motoxrdude said:
Yeah, boot times have never been an issue since hoary. O man, those where the days...
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Anything prior to 95(1.0, 2.0, 3.1, 3.11) as far as Windows was soncerned was manually started up from dos. When exiting Windows that would also be where you ended up as well.

With the latest 8.10 release you no longer have to boot live first but simply close disk tray once the burn to disk is complete and the disk is ejected to see the new installations options come up while booted in Windows. 9.04 will likely improve on that even further.
 
PC eye said:
Anything prior to 95(1.0, 2.0, 3.1, 3.11) as far as Windows was soncerned was manually started up from dos. When exiting Windows that would also be where you ended up as well.

With the latest 8.10 release you no longer have to boot live first but simply close disk tray once the burn to disk is complete and the disk is ejected to see the new installations options come up while booted in Windows. 9.04 will likely improve on that even further.
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Yeah... I wasn't talking about booting from a disk, I was talking about the boot times after you installed ubuntu. O well, close enough, lol.
 
Well in those Windows flew to the main gui in far less time being smaller then the latest releases of ubuntu or other small distros. 3.1 sits on six 3 1/2" 1.44mb floppies showing how small that version was. :P

The 7.10 and 8.04 releases also load up rather fast once installed to the drive and not simply run live due to the longer access time seen with any optical media being loaded from. You expect to see faster boot times there.
 
:rolleyes: Here we go again...

Anything prior to 95(1.0, 2.0, 3.1, 3.11) as far as Windows was soncerned was manually started up from dos. When exiting Windows that would also be where you ended up as well.
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We go from hardware Profiling to pre-95 Windows?
 
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diroga said:
lol, change them youself.
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Ubuntu isn't gonna succeed with that ugly theme... people will look at it for one second and go "Ugh!" and walk away. First impression is VERY important and Ubuntu doesn't give a very good first impression, unlike OS X and Windows.
 
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