Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 5 released

[Sathish]

ubuntu 9.04 released.. no major updates / modifications.
whats new:
>Fade effect in Gnome
>New notification system
> Open office 3.0.1
>Kernel 2.6.28.7
> some new notifications

*news.softpedia.com/images/news2/Ubuntu-9-04-Alpha-5-Screenshot-Tour-20.jpg

more screenshots : *news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-9-04-Alpha-5-Screenshot-Tour-105539.shtml

 

[Faun]

looks cool...am set for upgrade this April

 

[Sathish]

i think it dont have any major changes,
is it necessary to upgrade to 9.04.?

 

[Faun]

Well i will from 8.04 to 9.04, it has ext4 support, tabbed nautilus, latest apps...thats enough for me to upgrade.

 

[nsalgaocar]

There isnt much for an upgrade. I think ill stick to intreprid ibex untill the koala is out

 

[6x6]

It has Openoffice 3.0.1

 

[talktorishav]

well the new kernel and ext4 support has made me to use it since Alpha 3.

 

[Sathish]

is there any real-time benefit to the end-user using of ext4 file system instead ext3.. ?
i dont know much about ext4 file system..

 

[Faun]

^^
*www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ext4_benchmarks&num=1

 

[talktorishav]

Yes many differences.
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4#Features
*kernelnewbies.org/Ext4

 

[nsalgaocar]

ok then... guess theres no harm in an early upgrade