Why don't you stay with v4.7?
The v4.8 is pretty new and the livecd as well.
I am still in the learning curve as well.
The \"Started guide\" and v4.7 is good enough for me to learn.
I gave v4.8 a quick try as well. There is a problem with the \"help window\" as well, it become black after a couple of clicks, I can't remember the error message anymore.
For me it is better to stay at a LTS version from Ubuntu (10.04) and Debian Lenny (stable) isn't supported as well.
If you need new hardware support like the Velleman K8055 or one-wire, then you can update the classes from v4.8 in v4.7
Post edited by: marc, at: 2010/12/11 23:39