Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Enters Beta Phase

Ubuntu's next version 9.04 code-named "Jaunty Jackalope" has entered into beta phase. It is said to be coming with a lot of enhancements such as, updates to Gnome interface (now version 2.26), the Linux kernel (now version 2,6.28), the X.Org server (now version 1.6), new notifications system, improved start-up process and this time Ubuntu is going to make it to the Cloud Computing too.

Besides, this version will also support the ext4 file system.

According to the feature web page for Jackalope's beta, users will be able to "dynamically create virtual machines, configure multiple clusters into a single cloud and even provide an EBS (elastic block storage) equivalent and an [Amazon] S3 compatible storage manager".

Click here to download Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Beta.

Please visit the Jaunty Jackalope's page for more information.