Last April, Ubuntu.com has announced the release the latest version of the Ubuntu Linux distro aptly name “Hardy Heron”. Here’s the lowdown of the new release:

New Features:

• Firefox 3 is the new default internet browser
• New Gnome Desktop system (Gnome 2.22)
• New Default CD/DVD burner sofware (Brasero)
• Transmission, a newly popular BitTorrent client. This replaces the old standard BitTorrent utility
• As a new security feature Hardy Heron now has PolicyKit which allows fine-grained access control, and helps you allow or deny users access to specific parts of applications. This allows for a system to be locked down completely except to a group of trusted users.

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