Ubuntu Look

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 76 for the weeks
January 27th - February 2nd, 2008. In this issue we cover: Hardy Alpha
4 released, Server Team focuses on KVM, new Ubuntu banners for your
website or blog, new MOTU and Council elections results, Hug Day 5
February 2008, a new Ubuntu based distro, and much, much more!!

== In This Issue ==

* Hardy Alpha 4 Released
* Ubuntu Server Team Focuses on KVM
* New Ubuntu Advocacy Banners
* New MOTU and Council Election Results
* Hug Day, 5 February 2008
* Interview with Soren Hansen
* In The Press
* In The Blogosphere
* In Other News
* Upcoming Meetings & Events
* Updates & Security
* Bug & Translation Stats
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Hello Ubuntu developers,

Welcome to Hardy Heron Alpha-4, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.04.

Pre-releases of Hardy are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable
system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even
frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers
and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.

Alpha 4 is the fourth in a series of milestone CD images that will be
released throughout the Hardy development cycle. The Alpha images are known
to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while
representing a very recent snapshot of Hardy. You can download it here:
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Transmission is already included in the 4th Alpha release of Hardy Heron, and is set to replace the Gnome BitTorrent client that Ubuntu has used up until now. A stable version of Ubuntu 8.04 is expected to be released in April 2008.

Transmission has gained a lot of popularity over the last year, and is considered to be one of the fastest and lightweight BitTorrent clients. It is an Open Source project, and the application is currently available on almost every operating system except Windows. Similar to uTorrent, it focuses on being lightweight, while including all the features a demanding BitTorrent user needs.

Read more at TorrentFreak