This happens for me too on Trusty with Oracle JVM installed and configured as default java alternative (via oracle-java8-installer).
$ java -version java version "1.8.0_45" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode) $freemind java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/jon/.freemind/auto.properties (No such file or directory) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:146) at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.readUsersPreferences(FreeMindStarter.java:136) at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.main(FreeMindStarter.java:56) Panic! Error while loading default properties. java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.main(FreeMindStarter.java:63) Caused by: java.awt.HeadlessException at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless(GraphicsEnvironment.java:207) at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:535) at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:420) at javax.swing.JFrame.<init>(JFrame.java:218) at freemind.main.FreeMind.<init>(FreeMind.java:201) at freemind.main.FreeMind.main(FreeMind.java:705) ... 5 more Exception in thread "main" java.awt.HeadlessException at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless(GraphicsEnvironment.java:207) at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:535) at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:420) at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:385) at javax.swing.SwingUtilities$SharedOwnerFrame.<init>(SwingUtilities.java:1756) at javax.swing.SwingUtilities.getSharedOwnerFrame(SwingUtilities.java:1831) at javax.swing.JOptionPane.getRootFrame(JOptionPane.java:1697) at javax.swing.JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(JOptionPane.java:863) at javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(JOptionPane.java:667) at javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(JOptionPane.java:638) at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.main(FreeMindStarter.java:67) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/724007 Title: FileNotFoundException when running FreeMind for the first time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freemind/+bug/724007/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs