Hardy Arrives But Will I Install It?
April 24 is upon us and the official release of Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) will be available for download. I installed the release candidate a week ago on my desktop computer and have kept up with daily updates that number over 100. Yes, I'll wait a day or two for the rush to be over and then download a copy for archive and training purposes. The desktop will forever be Ubuntu and , by the way, I prefer GNOME over KDE. On to the laptop. As much as I dislike Vista, Windows does come in handy now and then. At the moment it is dual booting the beta of Hardy using the wubi method of installation. This was intended to be temporary from the start and very little software has been installed in the last month. The wubi installation will not tolerate a distribution upgrade. A lot of blogs fail to point this out. It is intended to be a trial. The installation will now be removed leaving at least 30GB for a permanent dual boot system. Should it be Hardy? Well, it might be. Ubuntu appears to be...