About Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS
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This is the first maintenance release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, which continues
to be supported with maintenance updates and security fixes until April
2011 on desktops and April 2013 on servers.
Since its release, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS has seen widespread use in a variety of
desktop and server deployments, and received a great deal of feedback from
users. The Ubuntu team has focused their efforts on resolving issues
reported by people deploying Ubuntu out in the real world, including:
* Firefox has been upgraded to the final 3.0 release from Mozilla,
correcting a number of issues discovered during their beta test.
(#237690)
* The Samba client allows LANMAN authentication again, correcting
problems connecting to some NAS and older Windows servers (#209520).
* Various problems with the FUSE interface to GNOME's new virtual file
system have been fixed, correcting certain problems accessing network
file shares (#211205, #212789).
* The behaviour of the timezone map in the live CD installer has been
improved, making it simpler to understand and use (#203423).
* The "Hardware Drivers" application no longer reports the proprietary
nVidia driver as being enabled when it isn't installed (#216650).
* The Transmission menu item is now called "Transmission BitTorrent
Client" to clearly explain its purpose (#184238).
While we have fixed a number of audio-related issues, including a
scheduler problem that caused audio stuttering under load (#188226), other
audio playback problems may still exist, because so far we have been
unable to verify a targeted fix that does not cause regressions for other
users. We will continue to investigate this, and would welcome people with
problems to provide feedback on Luke Yelavich's test packages. See
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191027 for details.
