>But the geek inside is obviously not, and thus I have decided to upgrade Then use Gentoo, not Ubuntu
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 21:14, sentient.being <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > so there won't be any problems if i install 32 bit on my 64 bit amd? > > i think i ll delay the operation to after majors. contact u all later. > > On Nov 16, 12:51 pm, rohit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is a 32 bit ubuntu 8.10 lying in 10.10.4.1/tmp > > > > and mega download... > > u can use local repo at poorvi(for hardy) > > (there was a post about it before also) > > > > u can download at 1 mbps speed... > > > > i would myself favour a fresh install...although your personal > > settings will be lost > > > > On Nov 16, 10:21 am, "sentient.being" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >8.04 is the LTS (long time support? = 3 years) version. > > > > > Just for information, what does LTS include? Does it mean they > > > implement all software upgrades for an LTS? anything else? > > > > > > I would seriously suggest you do a fresh installation instead of > upgrading. > > > >If you have a separate /home partition and don't format it, yes, > they'll be intact. > > > > > oh no....I have everything dumped into just one partition. So all > > > softwares will be deleted? It took me about 6 months to get everything > > > working the way I liked... > > > why would a fresh installation be preferable to upgrading? > > > > > >Initially yes. You'll have some security updates and stuff. My guess > would be that it will come out to be 200 to 300 MBs of size. > > > > > I have a desktop. So all downloading has to be done via the hostel > > > connection...but why should downloads even be required when we have > > > the dvd? > > > > > All this is now making me advert to the idea of upgrading. Do I really > > > need it? Is it more stable/has more features? Would softwares like > > > virtualization have more support in it? My work in Intel lab mainly > > > impressed me with new version, but most of it would be the flashy > > > interface. > > > -- Lots o' Luv, Phani Bhushan Let not your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right - Isaac Asimov (Salvor Hardin in Foundation and Empire) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- group http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
