User input is being sought on a planned 2008 release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, according to an official at the project's sponsor company. In his blog, Jono Bacon, Ubuntu community manager for sponsor Canonical, said Ubuntu 8.04, also known as "Hardy Heron," is due next April. Version 8.04 will feature "Long Term Support""and get security updates on the server for five years and on the desktop for three y User input is being sought on a planned 2008 release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, according to an official at the project’s sponsor company. In his blog, Jono Bacon, Ubuntu community manager for sponsor Canonical, said Ubuntu 8.04, also known as “Hardy Heron,” is due next April. Version 8.04 will feature “Long Term Support””and get security updates on the server for five years and on the desktop for three years. “Each new release gives us all an opportunity to shine, irrespective of which bricks in the project we are laying, and this is at the heart of our belief – working together to produce an operating system that will empower its users and shape the IT industry, putting free software at the cornerstone of our direction,” Bacon said. “Everyone is welcome to think of and develop ideas for features that could be present in the Hardy Heron release,” said Bacon.Users can add their specifications by linking to this Web page for Ubuntu blueprints. An Ubuntu Developer Summit meeting will be held in October in Cambridge, Mass. to discuss the specifications for version 8.04. Version 8.04 follows the Ubuntu 7.10 release, also known as “Gutsy Gibbon,” which is due in October. Technology Industry