Countdown to Jaunty

Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) is set to be released on April 23rd. This release will include the option of using the much anitcipated filesystem ext4. Ext4 includes many speed upgrades and 64-bit storage limits. More information can be found here.

Apart from the Ext4, Jaunty includes many other features like:

• GNOME 2.26
• Support for Amazon Web Services (EC2 & S3)
• New notifications system
• and much much more….

For more information about the release go to http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/jaunty/beta

I will be posting my reviews about it next week once I install the beta on my new laptop.