Welcome to Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 5, which will in time become Ubuntu 9.04. New features in Jaunty: updated packages; X.Org server 1.6; font size optimization; new style for notifications and notification preferences - included in Jaunty is a simple menu which can be used to set preferences for notification icons, such as where they pop up on the taskbar; Linux kernel 2.6.28; ext4 file system support.

Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.

This VMWare image lets you try it out without installing it or even rebooting your machine, and works in the Free VMWare player.
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md5sum: 5409eefa04d85ab1990d2af12d8cd8db Ubuntu9.04a5.7z

Ubuntu VMware Image (load balanced mirrors)