'Jaunty Jackalope' Ubuntu 9.04 springs into beta

Exciting Parts:<p>&#62; Cloud computing (mimics AWS)<p>&#62; Faster boot up (always yay)<p>&#62; Easy mail servers (big hassle addressed)

I just installed the beta in a VM. Looks like they still haven't replaced the hideous default theme (Human). If Ubuntu is going to go head-to-head with Snow Leopard and Windows 7 it needs to be more appealing out of the box.<p>On a positive note, nice to see Ext4 available. I think the next release will enable it by default.

Direct link for downloads:<p><a href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/" rel="nofollow">http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/</a>

Eucalyptus seems like the most interesting piece of this. I'm looking forward to playing with it.

Do you have to wait 'til the release date to order the 9.04 CD/DVD?

Has it really been that long? Seems like I was on Edgy Eft (6.10) yesterday.<p>And please look up and post the official link in the future: <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/jaunty/beta" rel="nofollow">http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/jaunty/beta</a>