Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-19 Thread Tim Mullins
ce. > > I thank you both for your input. > > Trevor > > > > --- On *Mon, 19/10/09, Dave Hall * wrote: > > > From: Dave Hall > Subject: Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 > To: "Tim Mullins" > Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > Received: Mon

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-19 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Trevor On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 01:52 -0700, Trevor Cowan wrote: > > I apologize if I causes any friction between you two fellows. But in > my personal view we do need different and sometimes opposing opinions > to allow us to advance. Its cool. It is common for 2 people to have different opini

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-19 Thread Trevor Cowan
. Trevor --- On Mon, 19/10/09, Dave Hall wrote: From: Dave Hall Subject: Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 To: "Tim Mullins" Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Monday, 19 October, 2009, 8:30 AM On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 15:09 +1100, Tim Mullins wrote: > I understand you

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-19 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 15:09 +1100, Tim Mullins wrote: > I understand your points, and your right. I'm sorry i didn't meant to > argue. Its cool. I am happy for people to disagree with me, but you need to debate the _issue_ with a well reasoned argument. > I'v just never had a stable Ubuntu Linux

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-18 Thread Tim Mullins
I understand your points, and your right. I'm sorry i didn't meant to argue. I'v just never had a stable Ubuntu Linux system after doing a Distribution Upgrade... I also seemed to think that the user was happy with Ubuntu to the point that they do not need Windows anymore, thus doing a new clean

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-18 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
2009/10/19 Dave Hall : > On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 14:33 +1100, Tim Mullins wrote: >> You must have missed the bit where the guy says he is using a WUBI >> install of Ubuntu inside the Windows C:\ Drive. > > I read that bit and for some users that is the best option for their > needs. > >> Your instruc

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-18 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 14:33 +1100, Tim Mullins wrote: > You must have missed the bit where the guy says he is using a WUBI > install of Ubuntu inside the Windows C:\ Drive. I read that bit and for some users that is the best option for their needs. > Your instructions probably will not work for a

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-18 Thread Tim Mullins
You must have missed the bit where the guy says he is using a WUBI install of Ubuntu inside the Windows C:\ Drive. Your instructions probably will not work for a WUBI install, as it uses a Virtual Hard Drive Images like a Virtual Machine. Even if they did work, it is known that a WUBI install is s

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-18 Thread Dave Hall
On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 03:18 -0700, Timmy wrote: > You would be better off doing a clean-install of Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic > Koala because you need to do a clean install to get the better > performance from the enw file system it uses as default. You can upgrade to ext4 in place. See http://maketeche

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-18 Thread Timmy
evor > > --- On Sat, 17/10/09, Hew McLachlan wrote: > > From: Hew McLachlan > Subject: Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 > To: "Trevor Cowan" > Cc: ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com > Received: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 5:57 AM > > Hi Trevor, > >

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-16 Thread Trevor Cowan
ot as smart as you guys. Ooops! and gals of course. Trevor --- On Sat, 17/10/09, Hew McLachlan wrote: From: Hew McLachlan Subject: Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 To: "Trevor Cowan" Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 5:57 AM Hi

Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-16 Thread Hew McLachlan
Hi Trevor, Once Karmic has been released a notification should appear in update-manager prompting you to upgrade. No reinstall is necessary. http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading Regards, Hew McLachlan Trevor Cowan wrote: > > Hi, > > At present I am running 64-bit Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 whi

Upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

2009-10-16 Thread Trevor Cowan
Hi,At present I am running  64-bit Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 which I obtained via 'Wubi' and have pretty well been using it as my sole operating system for the last two months as opposed to the Microsoft XP Home that I also have installed. After the release of Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 which is due f