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Canonical has released the newest stable version of Ubuntu! I’ve personally been using Ubuntu 8.04 since late 2007 when it was available for the public as Alpha 1. You can take a look at the release schedule and road-map that the developing team followed for version 8.04! Ubuntu has really come a long way during the time that I’ve spent using it.

I first started using Ubuntu with version 7.04. Ubuntu builds are now given “code names” as well as release versions. Ubuntu 8.04 is given the “8” from the year that it is released and the “04” from the month that it is released. The code name of Ubuntu 8.04 is “Hardy Heron“. Ubuntu 7.04 was released in April 2007, 7.10 was released in October 2007.

The next version of Ubuntu to be released is Ubuntu 8.10 and is code named “Intrepid Ibex“. The release time should be obvious to you now! If you’re like me and like to use the latest bleeding releases possible then you can upgrade your version of Ubuntu to 8.10 in the near future by typing the following into your terminal:

sudo update-manager -d -c

This will launch the update manager window and prompt you about upgrades. If you’re currently running 7.04 or 7.10 you can upgrade to 8.04 or 8.10 by using the same step as mentioned above. You will however have to upgrade in order of releases. You cannot upgrade immediately from 7.04 to 8.04 or from 7.10 to 8.10. That shouldn’t be an issue, you can just upgrade to one and then upgrade to the other after the first upgrade has completed!

With Ubuntu 8.04 came a great deal of stability and many new features! It also includes the ability to install Ubuntu from within Windows! If Ubuntu looks interesting to you then you should give it a try! They’ve made Ubuntu very easy to install and very easy to use and get used to. Ubuntu is quickly becoming the synonym for Linux in today’s world. Don’t let yourself miss out on this ground breaking release!

Go get it now! It’s available by free download or free mail (delayed as they only send a certain amount per month). You can also spend a small fee (just a couple dollars) to have them mail it to you very quickly!

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Speed, security, and performance matter.

The Opera Desktop Team has released yet another beta of their Opera browser. With this latest beta the team has added support for:

Notes synchronization via Opera Link.
Spatial Navigation! Links are now highlighted blue by default when they are selected.
Extended Validation (EV) certificates support has now been added! This means that Opera will visually alert you of sites that are EV safe as well as the usual “secure” sites.
Fraud Protection is now turned on by default in beta 2! The included fraud protection has matured enough to be enabled by default now!
Full text history search! If you can’t remember the address a page you viewed last week, but you can remember what it’s about then you can now just type in some keywords in the address bar and Opera will list pages that you visited previously with matching content! It’s amazing!
Alternative tab-closing behaviors. The preferences now include the following options when closing a tab:
- Activate the last active tab (default).
- Activate the next tab.
- Activate first tab opened from current tab.
Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right for Back and Forward are no longer specific to Mac, but also apply to Windows/Unix.
Any many more! To view the full changelog since Opera 9.5 beta 1, click here.

CNET did a really good review of the newest Opera beta:
http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9927854-12.html

Changelog for Opera 9.50 Beta 2 for:

Opera Press Release:
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2008/04/24/

Opera 9.5 beta 2 for Linux x86_64:
ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/linux/950b/final/en/x86_64/

Online video demo: