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mmeiser blog » February 2005 » January 2005 » December 2004

HardyHeron/Alpha4 - Ubuntu

Great overview of some of the stuff coming up in the next version of Ubuntu 8.05, aka. Hardy Heron. Complete with screen snaps

HardyHeron/Alpha4 - Ubuntu Wiki

Some items of particular interest.

Firefox 3

Transmission - the open source bittorrent client that has been popular already on Mac

Gnome system monitor - a beautiful new system monitor (seen below)

Labels: firefox, gnome, hardy heron, transmission, ubuntu

mmeiser blog » February 2005 » January 2005 » December 2004