UBUNTU 8.04 review

Hey, I've recently tried UBUNTU 8.04 (Ubuntu 9.10 is the latest version, released in October of 2009 and maintained until 2011,---i'm currently downloading latest version so it may take some time for me to know about the latest of ubuntu).


You can download the latest version from this official page  (it's totally free....!!)
so what is there in UBUNTU 8.04...????

 

The Above screen shots were taken before installing ubuntu (by using LIVE CD)

 

DESKTOP after Installing Linux

Ubuntu 8.04 is a LTS release. This means that this release will receive security updates and support for three years for desktop users and five years for server users. As an LTS, the major focus is stability and enhancing  the strength of existing features.

It comes with GNOME 2.22. This, to the user, may not look entirely new, but the bulk of new features are hidden below the surface. (means u have to search for new features)

GNOME 2.22 also introduces other features, such as the Cheese webcam viewer, Metacity compositing, Google Calendar support in Evolution, and a new remote desktop viewer. Personally, I think that the inclusion of Cheese, while nice to GNOME, could have been replaced on the default Ubuntu setup with something else, as a webcam viewer seems a little extraneous.

A new addition to the default Ubuntu setup is the Brasero disc burning utility, which allows to make a CD or DVD with very little effort.

There is also a popular BitTorrent client. This replaces the old standard BitTorrent utility, allowing for better torrent management with an interface similar to µTorrent.

Applications available in this version:

Productivity tools: Ubuntu supports all of your favourite web-based mail programs like Yahoo(TM) or Gmail (TM). But for the office, Evolution provides all the calendering, contacts and full function office email you need. Pidgin IM also puts you in instant touch with colleagues and integrates with your personal IM services simply and easily.


Browsing: Including Mozilla Firefox (Beta 5) - tested and stabilised for a platform. Faster, safer and themed for Ubuntu.
Photos: Upload from your camera or phone to F-Spot and manage, tag, share and sort your photos and upload easily to you favourite social networking sites.

Music and video: Plug in your, iPod, MP3 player; share playlists with your friends; buy in the creative commons online music stores, stream more live radio and plug in more devices with UPnP.

Office applications: Word processing, spreadsheets and presentations can all be delivered through Open Office. And, they completely integrate with the proprietary office applications out there

The big difference is that they are free.

Security 

One major security feature of GNOME 2.22 and 8.04 is the introduction of PolicyKit. PolicyKit allows fine-grained access control, and helps you allow or deny users access to specific parts of applications. This allows for a system to be locked down completely except to a group of trusted users. 

Another addition in the security field is ufw, or "Uncomplicated Firewall." The firewall is an extension of iptables, and while it does not currently have a GUI, the command-line interface is dead simple

 

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Overall conclusion:

I think ubuntu 7.10 is very fast(i was using this before i installed 8.04) when compared to 8.04...but this version is more user friendly with enhanced security

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