Freemind and Ubuntu 10.4 LTS Problem - Solved

[Basil Chupin]

On 07/05/10 20:32, Chris Jeffries wrote:
> I post this in the hope it will warn others not to make the same mistake
> as me.
>
> Problem
> -------
> Freemind as installed from the repository through Synaptic appears to
> stop accepting keyboard input after around 50-100 keystrokes (or maybe
> some other trigger)
>
> Solution
> ---------
> The version of Freemind in the repository for Ubuntu 10.4 is an unstable
> beta release candidate. Freemind web site says it is not yet ready for
> production use, and to use 0.8 instead. However it also warns 0.9 and
> 0.8 file formats are not compatible.
>
> Personal comment
> ----------------
> What on earth is that doing as the current version of an application for
> an LTS version of Ubuntu. (However, mea culpa, I should have read more
> carefully before I used it.)
>    

Do you have the "Lucid pre-release proposed" source repo selected in 
your Software Sources?

BC

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