New versions of Ubuntu – which are released every six months – are always eagerly awaited by Linux fans as they tend to include a decent selection of new features. Jaunty Jackalope will include fewer major changes than many previous releases but will still add some sparkle to the desktop.

Since we entered FeatureFreeze one and half month ago the Ubuntu developers have shifted their focus on fixing bugs. As such the archive hasn’t seen a lot of new package versions or shiny new features. Here are a few highlights from the archive that happened during last month..

The name’s ridiculous, but “Jaunty Jackalope,” the next release of the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu, is seriously focused on the user experience. Dig what’s new and improved in the beta of Ubuntu 9.04, due out today.

In this competition we expanded the Audio and Video categories to also include a Graphic/Photo category too. We netted a fantastic range of entries and many great submissions!

The newest version of Ubuntu (9.04, codenamed “Jaunty Jackalope”) is set to be released on April 23, 2009. While there are some noticeable differences, much of the improvement in 9.10 can be found under the hood.

I figured it was about time to try and install it, partly because I’m interested to see how well it currently runs on my dual-head setup, partly because I need to write an article on installing it for Linux Identity

As we prepare for next weeks beta release of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope and look back at features included in the Ubuntu Jaunty alpha 6 release, Ubuntu fans can’t help but feel the excitement of another Ubuntu release right around the corner.

With Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 6 having been released last week, we have run a few benchmarks comparing the open-source ATI performance in Ubuntu 8.10 and Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 6.

After the new themes introduced yesterday, Canonical decided to update the boot splash screen (USplash) theme with a very nice one.

Well, here we go again… it appears the Canonical just uploaded some new and very nice desktop themes for the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) operating system, in order to please their devoted users.

Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, is being released next month. What does this mean for your existing Ubuntu setup? Fear not, here is the super simple way to go forwards without reformatting, reinstalling or losing data in any way.

Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) is primed and ready for installation on Nokia’s N8x0 family of handhelds, which obviously includes the N800 and N810.

Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackelope” is set for release in less than two months, and is currently in the “Alpha 6″ testing stage. Arguably the hottest new feature is stable support for Linux’s new filesystem, ext4

Following its rapid release schedule, eager Ubuntu fans need only wait until April 23rd for the next release of the open-source Linux distro. In the meantime, if a little over a month is just too long to wait, you can take a sneak peek at Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, currently in alpha form.

Now, downloaded Ubuntu 9.04 alpha 5 – Jaunty Jackalope for those who don’t like numbers – and I created a bootable USB stick and booted the Asus from the stick.

The alpha 5 of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope has been released. I’ve installed it on my Sony TZ laptop for a little test drive.

The six-month schedule is still there in the latest releases, but it seems there will be almost no new end-user features in the 9.04 release of Ubuntu, at least according to the 9.04 blueprints and the Jaunty Jackalope alpha releases I’ve seen so far.

The fifth alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (codename Jaunty Jackalope) was uploaded a few minutes ago on the official mirrors. As usual, we’ve downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up to date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 9.04 development.

Later today the Ubuntu team will release the fifth alpha release of Ubuntu 9.04, the latest release of the popular linux distribution. With a final release planned for April there is still much speculation as to what users can expect.

Due out tomorrow is the fifth alpha release for Ubuntu 9.04 (the Jaunty Jackalope). Ubuntu 9.04 is now in a feature freeze so there isn’t much to expect in Jaunty Alpha 5, but there are a few items worth highlighting.

Yes ladies and gentlemen, it’s official… Ubuntu 9.04 has a whole new notification system, almost the same as the one in the Macintosh operating system.

Ubuntu 9.04 is getting closer and closer to the final release and we thought that it would be nice to give you guys a sneak peek at some of the upcoming features.

Ubuntu 9.04, the next version of the Linux desktop due in April, will definitely feature the new unified, transparent desktop notifications. But non-bleeding-edge Ubuntu users can get them now.

Barring some unforseeable event, all indications are that Ubuntu will stick to its regular schedule with its next release — version 9.04, aka “Jaunty Jackalope” — which will ship in April.

Ubuntu 9.04, the next Linux operating system release due out by Canonical in April, will not be shipping with the Linux 2.6.29 kernel like many had hoped for.

When announcing Ubuntu 9.04, theJaunty Jackalope, Mark Shuttleworth had hoped to make this next Ubuntu Linux release perform better and to boot “blindingly quick”, in particular with Ubuntu beginning to appear on more mobile devices.

I have spent a lot of time this weekend trying to get Ubuntu 8.10 installed on my HP 2133 Mini-Note. I couldn’t even get the LiveCD to bring up the GUI properly, the X server just wouldn’t work, and I tried everything I know, and some things I don’t know.

Welcome to Jaunty Jackalope Alpha-4, which will in time become Ubuntu 9.04. This post contains screenshots of the 4th alpha.

A month ago we compared Intel’s graphics performance between Ubuntu 8.10 and the latest Ubuntu 9.04 daily snapshot at the time. However, with many new graphics packages having been released since then, we have carried out some additional tests this morning to look at where the Intel Linux graphics performance stands today.

In April the Ubuntu development team will release the latest version of its operating system, codenamed Jaunty Jackalope. This release, officially known as Ubuntu 9.04, is expected to consolidate many of the changes begun in the last release in October, called Intrepid.