   | Distinguished Member with 4,998 posts. | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: S.F. Bay Area, CA Experience: Intermediate | | Ubuntu 8.04 So, who here has upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04? If you have, what are your thoughts and what have your problems been, if any?
I plan on upgrading later tonight. 
Peace... |  | Distinguished Member with 3,364 posts. | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Texas Experience: n00b | | I'm running the rc version which I got 2 days ago (I can't seem to dl anything Ubuntu today - not even security updates) I'll do a distro upgrade to the LTS version as soon as the internet frees up.
I think it's the best thing to ever come along.
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Registered Linux user #385997 | | | Distinguished Member with 4,998 posts. | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: S.F. Bay Area, CA Experience: Intermediate | | Cool! Are you running Ubuntu 8.04rc or Kubuntu 8.04rc?
Peace... |  | Distinguished Member with 14,836 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: -71.45091, 42.27841 | | Hi tomdkat,
Don't forget to upgrade your Computer Specs icon info here at TSG!
-- Tom
P.S. My 3 CDs were approved and sent to the shipping company on 2008-04-22, i.e. how'd that happen? I pre-ordered them at both web sites on 4-18-08, i.e. 1-Ubuntu, 1-KUbuntu, and 1-Ubuntu Server CD.
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Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Einstein | | | Distinguished Member with 3,364 posts. | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Texas Experience: n00b | | I'm running Ubuntu - I have the beta version on 2 computers and the RC version on 2 other ones - I haven't really looked closely but I can't tell the difference between them at all.
The distro is as close to perfect as anything could get, but remember you are running a beta of the new FireFox and it sometimes acts up a tad.
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Registered Linux user #385997 | | | Distinguished Member with 4,998 posts. | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: S.F. Bay Area, CA Experience: Intermediate | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CouchMaster  The distro is as close to perfect as anything could get, but remember you are running a beta of the new FireFox and it sometimes acts up a tad. | So, Ubuntu comes with Firefox 3 beta instead of Firefox 2 or in addition to Firefox 2?
Peace... | | | Distinguished Member with 3,364 posts. | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Texas Experience: n00b | | Yeah - go figure - FireFox beta 3, which is 97/98% right now. My problems are minor and experienced on youtube - the browser just disappears sometimes. This has happened twice so far. | | | Distinguished Member with 4,998 posts. | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: S.F. Bay Area, CA Experience: Intermediate | | Well, I've got no problem with using Firefox 3b3 since I've been using Firefox 3bx exclusively on Windows XP for a while now. I've got Firefox 3b3 installed on my Ubuntu system at home even though I primarily use Firefox 2.0.0.14. What surprises me about the move is the potential for extension breakage. 
Peace... | | | Distinguished Member with 3,364 posts. | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Texas Experience: n00b | | I agree - the final version of FF3 in due in June and this particular beta (5) is the worst one yet. Some report no problems at all and others report numerious problems - and others everything in between...
I've just installed Opera in case I start experiencing more problems but I also believe that 3 and 4 are much better.
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24-Apr-2008, 11:00 PM
#10 | I couldn't even connect with a mirror site earlier today. I thought I'd download and burn an ISO of xubuntu for an aging laptop.
So how can I upgrade my current version of ub2 7.10?
Is it an update that comes in the little icon you get periodically? Or do I have to manually fetch it through system>admin>update manager?
I thought I'd wait a few days till some of the hype settles down.
Ubuntu has managed to bridge that gap from windows to linux, its an amazing OS with endless possibilities.
Neal | | | Distinguished Member with 3,364 posts. | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Texas Experience: n00b |
25-Apr-2008, 08:56 AM
#11 | The 24th was the release date of all of the new *Buntus and traffic was so heavy that it was nearly impossible to get anything - a few more days and things will be back to normal. | | | Distinguished Member with 4,998 posts. | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: S.F. Bay Area, CA Experience: Intermediate |
25-Apr-2008, 10:31 AM
#12 | I've changed my mind about upgrading now. I'll wait until next week or so.
Peace... |  | Senior Member with 1,773 posts. | | |
25-Apr-2008, 01:34 PM
#13 | Just got Kubuntu 8.04 AMD64 by way of their torrent file. Super fast. |  | Member with 45 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: New Mexico, USA Experience: Intermediate |
25-Apr-2008, 05:47 PM
#14 | I finally got all the packages today for 8.04. I started yesterday morning! I don't like FF beta much eaither. Also, I'm still struggling with the infamous fglrx drivers. Despite that stuff, I'm likin' Heron. | | | Member with 47 posts. | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kansan Experience: beginner/intermediate |
26-Apr-2008, 12:11 AM
#15 | Quote:
Originally Posted by prunejuice Just got Kubuntu 8.04 AMD64 by way of their torrent file. Super fast. | So tell me about this bit torrent thing. How do you use it? What program do you use to get the file?
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