VMware: Hardy Alpha 4

I just compiled VMware server and have done a quick test of the latest build of Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy". Here are the inevitable screenshots:

















^ The default desktop. The theme looks like it's still an embryo in development.

















^ Add/remove, the more user-friendly version of synaptic
















^doesn't include Firefox 3 beta yet, but give an alpha a chance!

































^ Two new GUI apps: top one is GParted, a partition manager tool. Bottom one is Seahorse, a Keyring/Password manager that so totally smacks of Apple's Keychain Access utility. UPDATE 9/2/08: according to Mal, Gparted is a standard LiveCD app that doesn't get installed on a standard HDD install (not new in hardy). Credit goes to Mal for informing me.

This is just an alpha, and I can already see quite a few new stuff just from a five minute test. I'm sure when Hardy comes out in April it will be a swell upgrade.