Will Ubuntu ever have Java 8?
Sooner or later I'm going to have to get into learning Java 8 features yet Ubuntu still has 6 and 7 in the repos. Oracle - Larry! - where . are . you . at???
You won't find it in the official repos, though, because they have the OpenJDK implementation. For serious java development you should use the Oracle one.
A reference, linked to by the Ubuntu wiki itself:
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/install-oracle-java-8-in-ubun...