[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Alpha 6

[Paul Mellors]

On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 18:40 +0000, Dave Morley wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 17:25 +0000, Michael Holloway wrote:
> > Hi Everyone
> > 
> > Hardy Heron is nearly here - Just a month and a half(ish) till final
> > release!
> > 
> > I see Alpha 6 is available. Has anyone tried it. How buggy/unusable is
> > it for the Desktop?
> > 
> > I am a very impatient person :) and want to give it a go, but i don't do
> > live CDs (like i said, impatient!). Last time around i waited for Beta
> > before i plunged in, and had little or no problems. Is Alpha too soon??
> > I guess I'm probably going to find out this weekend!
> > 
> > Anyone care to try and share their experience, here are the links.
> > (any less experienced users, I recommend you don't try :)
> > 
> > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/alpha-6/ (Ubuntu)
> > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/hardy/alpha-6/ (KUbuntu)
> > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/hardy/alpha-6/ (EDUbuntu)
> > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/jeos/releases/hardy/alpha-6/ (jeOS)
> > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/hardy/alpha-6/ (XUbuntu)
> > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/gobuntu/releases/hardy/alpha-6/ (Gobuntu)
> > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/hardy/alpha-6/ (Studio)
> > 
> > Later,
> > Michael
> > 
> > 
> Yes I've tested most of them they seem okay wine is now working.  Lots
> of niggles but mostly minor things here and there.  On the whole it's
> becoming a solid version, especially now that gvfs has some backends and
> is a lot more stable :)

Just upgraded from Gutsy to Heron and all went well, everything looks
fine :)