Most dropped items glitch. They flicker side to side and get stuck in the corners of blocks on the ground instead of floating as they usually do. I only noticed this in 1.8.1-pre2, not in 1.8.1-pre1 or 1.8, however I only downloaded pre1 the day before pre2 was released, so I did not get a good look at it.
Environment
Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 Laptop
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 32-bit with LXQT Desktop Environment
1 GB RAM (sigh, I know it is below the minimum) and 256 MB nVidia GeForce 6800, with official drivers, not Nouveau
Java 8
No background apps running.
Minecraft 1.8.1-pre2
Default texture pack, pure vanilla.
Linked issues
Comments 3
Fixed by reverting the fix for MC-4 😃
Caused by the fix of MC-4