最流行的发行版：Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 2发布

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原文内容：Steve Langasek announced the second alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) on late night of Dec 21 GMT: "Welcome to Hardy Heron Alpha-2, 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 2 is the second 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." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download from your nearest mirrors or via BitTorrent (MD5): hardy-desktop-i386.iso (679 MB, torrent), hardy-desktop-amd64.iso (679 MB, torrent). Also available are 8.04 alpha 2 CD images for Kubuntu (download, release notes), Edubuntu (download), Xubuntu (download) and other Ubuntu subprojects.

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