ubuntu Hardy born :)

Hello people,
today is ( 24 April 2008 )
ubuntu Hardy released today : All ubuntus can upgrade from the upgrade manager by clicking the Upgrade button

Second; I want to review some new features in ubuntu Hardy, the new child :)

you can see full of the new features on this page:
http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/804rc

let's begin
1- GNOME 2.22

gnome 2.22.1 is herewith lots of new features and improvements:
- version of the Nautilus file manager,
- an international clock applet that can show time and weather information,

2- Linux kernel 2.6.24

3- PolicyKit

PolicyKit allows fine-grained control over user permissions and enhances usability and security,
Again more control on ubuntu

4- Xorg 7.3
new Screen Resolution utility that allows users to dynamically configure the resolution, this will fix my old problem, shiko ;)

With set of new applications:
- Fire Fox 3.0 Beta
- Brasero
- Transmission
- World Clock Applet
- Vinagre
- Inkscape.

And UnInstall :O

and alot.

Hardy is great. Use it
Download Here

Control network speed

we can control the speed of the the enthernet card by using the " ethtool "
which allow us to configure Ethernet card on Fedora :)

common options

-s  ---> allows changing some or all settings of the specified Ethernet device. All following options only apply if -s was specified.

speed 10|100|1000 ---> Set speed in Mb/s. ethtool with single argument will show you the supported device speeds.

duplex half|full --> Set full or half duplex mode.

port tp|aui|bnc|mii ---> Select device port.

autoneg on|off ---> Specify if autonegotiation is enabled.

In the usual case it is, but might cause some problems with some network devices, so you can turn it off.

Example :

# ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off

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Thanks
Mohamed Nasr