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After installing Ubuntu Hardy on a VirtualBox virtual machine I installed the VirtualBox Guest Addition (see VirtualBox documentation) but before restarting I had to correct the /etc/X11/xorg.conf modified by the Guest Addition procedure that does not correctly define the video driver and the mouse input device.

Add the lines in bold:

…
Section “Device”
Identifier “Configured Video Device”
Driver “vboxvideo”
EndSection
…
Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Default Layout”
Screen “Default Screen”
InputDevice “Configured Mouse”
EndSection
…

Restart the system and you should have the maximum video resolution your video hardware allows, automatic mouse capturing within the virtual machine window, shared clipboard and the other stuff.

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS code named Hardy Heron has finally been released!

I managed to download the iso nowithstanding the busy servers.

I will try it firstly on a virtual machine using VirtualBox then on my notebook I will try the “upgrade” way (but I am ready to deal with a potential reinstall if something goes wrong).

More on Ubuntu site.

Just would to point out that the new release of Ubuntu Linux code named Hardy Heron is about to be released (see the countdown).

I have tried the beta release on a virtual machine at work using VirtualBox and it looks promising.

I while after the release I will try to upgrade mi notebook an post my experience here.

Stay tuned.

I have updated the blog engine to the latest version (I am using WordPress 2.5 now).

The upgrade process is really easy by the way!