
The Ubuntu project says that the initial alpha release of Ubuntu 9.04 (the Jaunty Jackalope ) could be available for testing in less than twenty-four hours. Yes, that's a little less than a month after the current, stable version, Intrepid Ibex was finalized and formally released.
Ubuntu 9.04 is gearing for an April 2009 release (in keeping with the project's six month development cycle). Phoronix reports that one focus is faster boot times through kernel optimization. This release will also be the first Ubuntu version to support ARM processors.