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My thoughts on Ubuntu 8.04 Beta
Posted by ccna01 on March 23, 2008
For the most part, Ubuntu 8.04 Beta works really well. It is decently stable now and most things function like they are supposed too. It looks nice and all of the programs(except Java and scanning programs) work fine. You can download all of the beta versions of the Ubuntu and all its variants here at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/hardy/beta.
The only things important that I cannot get to work right is my scanner. For some reason XSane and Scanner Utility are unable to detect my scanner. The device is the HP Deskjet F4180 All-in-One. The printing works fine, but Ubuntu 8.04 seems unable to detect the scanner. I am also having a problem with Java. I went to java.com, downloaded JRE 6, and installed it following the instructions given on the site and it is not working correctly. I can get Java to run on its own but it will not run in Firefox. Is anyone else having these problems? What other problems have those of you reading this experienced?And after my system goes into standby mode and comes back up out of it my sound card refuses to turn back on. I have to restart the system if I want to hear any sound from it.
Other than the above issues, Ubuntu 8.04 Beta is great. I will post more screenshots of Ubuntu 8.04 under “Screenshots of Linux” and write a review on the newest version of Xubuntu tomorrow. I am curious, is anyone within 50km of Wheatland reading this? Have a happy Easter everyone.
Sin Cere,
Dirk Limon
March 24, 2008 at 11:03 am
Installing the Sun Java JDK is not sufficient to get java working in firefox.
Take a look at the official instructions on how to install Java on Ubuntu, particularly the section entitled “Java on Mozilla Firefox”. The easiest way to do it is “sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin”.
If you want to go with the absolutely most recent version of Sun Java, then you’ll have to creat a symbolic link from the JRE libs to Firefox. I’ve done this before but don’t have the link with me right now. A google search will help you there.
Hope this helps!
March 24, 2008 at 11:12 am
Just a note to my post above: if you install the JRE via the download from sun - as you mentioned you did - you’ll have to create the symbolic link to the JRE from Mozilla. (My post above says “from the JRE libs to Firefox” where it should have said “to the JRE from Firefox”).