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IHATEDLINK
April 25th, 2008, 11:34 AM
Hey
I just upgraded to 8.04 from 7.10 and i can't notice almost any differences
Can someone?
oh, and Firefox's default theme looks weird :P
mech7
April 25th, 2008, 12:38 PM
new wallpaper :lolflag:
LaRoza
April 25th, 2008, 12:41 PM
Hey
I just upgraded to 8.04 from 7.10 and i can't notice almost any differences
Can someone?
oh, and Firefox's default theme looks weird :P

Yes, there are a lot of changes. A new kernel leaps to mind; that is a very big change. GNOME 2.22 and the new xorg is also a prominent new addition.
christianxxx
April 25th, 2008, 12:44 PM
It could be an idea to have a "What's new in 8.04", and I'm pretty sure such exists. Link anyone?

Also, what does it mean for the common user? Gnome 2.22 is great, but I'm sure the Original Poster wonders how he would notice the difference...
LaRoza
April 25th, 2008, 12:48 PM
It could be an idea to have a "What's new in 8.04", and I'm pretty sure such exists. Link anyone?

Also, what does it mean for the common user? Gnome 2.22 is great, but I'm sure the Original Poster wonders how he would notice the difference...

Googling "what's new in Ubuntu 8.04" gets me: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804overview

Well, it is a new version. It doesn't need to be radically different to be different. By that token, Windows hasn't changed since 1993 is any drastic ways.
SunnyRabbiera
April 25th, 2008, 12:49 PM
well hardy is LTS while gutsy was not...
AndyCooll
April 25th, 2008, 12:50 PM
A couple more obvious changes are Transmission as the new default Torrent app and Brasero as the new default CD burning app.

:cool:
Vorian Grey
April 25th, 2008, 12:55 PM
Hey
I just upgraded to 8.04 from 7.10 and i can't notice almost any differences
Can someone?

I can. The differences are minor on first glance but on second glance they are not.
TBOL3
April 25th, 2008, 01:25 PM
It comes with proper drivers for my laptop.

Compiz here I come...
IHATEDLINK
April 25th, 2008, 07:51 PM
Thanks for the link LaRoza.
I'l be reading it.
Also, what are the big changes? You say I'm using a new gnome, what's new with it? and with the kernel?
Thanks in advance
FuturePilot
April 25th, 2008, 07:59 PM
Gnome 2.22 release notes (http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.22/)
AdrianStrays
April 26th, 2008, 12:59 AM
Hardy Heron comes with an upgraded version of "ATI Driver Install Headache". In all honesty, I don't see why they include this with every new release, everytime people get rid of it, they just make sure it is in the newest release.....

:lolflag:
trenktaz
April 30th, 2008, 09:44 AM
Difference is
8.04 - 7.10 = 0.94
shadowtroopers
April 30th, 2008, 12:16 PM
after upgraded from gutsy to hardy, the 1st thing i open up is system monitor. The graphic on resource tab looks better that gutsy.
ndori
April 30th, 2008, 12:45 PM
It comes with proper drivers for my laptop.

Compiz here I come...

And now my laptop wireless card (intel 3945AGB) stoped working, plus, you got a lot of new bugs, 7.10 is MUCH better, all my hardware worked perfectly, if you haven't upgraded yet, don't, stay with 7.10.
Is there a way to downgrade back to 7.10 without formating the partition?
graabein
April 30th, 2008, 01:09 PM
What's new in xorg? This (http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.3)?

I heard the screens and monitors (can't remember the exact name) config was updated. Can someone with tv-out post a screenshot please?
Hells_Dark
April 30th, 2008, 02:19 PM
And now my laptop wireless card (intel 3945AGB) stoped working, plus, you got a lot of new bugs, 7.10 is MUCH better, all my hardware worked perfectly, if you haven't upgraded yet, don't, stay with 7.10.
Is there a way to downgrade back to 7.10 without formating the partition?

for YOU.
seatex
April 30th, 2008, 03:08 PM
See here for details on the improvements in the new 2.6.24 kernel...

http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_24
GavinZac
April 30th, 2008, 03:15 PM
And now my laptop wireless card (intel 3945AGB) stoped working, plus, you got a lot of new bugs, 7.10 is MUCH better, all my hardware worked perfectly, if you haven't upgraded yet, don't, stay with 7.10.
Is there a way to downgrade back to 7.10 without formating the partition?

Why don't you start a thread and ask for some help? They generally don't take drivers out of the linux kernel so its in there somewhere, waiting for you to activate it. You could also just downgrade your kernel rather than the entire distro. Believe it or not, the Ubuntu team havent been working for a year to make this worse.
ndori
April 30th, 2008, 03:37 PM
Why don't you start a thread and ask for some help? They generally don't take drivers out of the linux kernel so its in there somewhere, waiting for you to activate it. You could also just downgrade your kernel rather than the entire distro. Believe it or not, the Ubuntu team havent been working for a year to make this worse.

It's a known problem, with no cure yet. all I said is that he shouldn't upgrade before he tries the live CD on his system.
Right now I'm using the old kernel from 7.10, but other things doesn't work either, even with the old kernel: TV out, some bluetooth functionality, and probably more stuff I haven't found yet, all worked "out of the box" in Ubuntu 7.10...
I love Ubuntu, but 8.04 is one of the buggiest distros I ever used in Ubuntu...