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On 18/04/10 01:18, Paul Gear wrote: > On 17/04/10 18:30, Mitch Towner wrote: >> ... >> Hi Geoffrey, >> I believe that "option 2" would be your best plan of attack. You can >> load the files from your backup copy of your old home directory. >> >> That's basically what I do as I've never really had much luck with >> upgrading. I prefer to do a fresh install for a new release& copy >> across my backed up data. > Hi Geoffrey, > > Please be aware that Mitch's experience with upgrades is certainly not a > "normal" experience. Ubuntu (and Debian, from which it originated) is > designed to be easily upgraded. My laptop has been upgraded from hardy > -> intrepid (not very long spent there) -> jaunty -> karmic and i have > been very happy with the success of upgrades. > > (This may not change which option you choose, but please don't assume > that upgrades are bad - they aren't.) > > Also, be aware that the first month after a stable release will probably > result in quite a number of packages being updated to fix important > bugs. If your ISP plan has an off-peak time, you may want to leave your > PC on overnight and schedule updates to occur then. > > Paul > As Paul kindly pointed out (thanks Paul) & I unintentionally left out of my first reply - please do not take my experience with upgrades as "the norm". This is just my personal experience & is most likely due to user error &/or some other strange thing that I have done. I simply like to "wipe the slate clean" as I install a lot of experimental & unsupported software from various sources. The vast majority of users upgrade without any problems :) Mitch Towner http://mitchtowner.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLydRNAAoJENegJk0fbKNMZDIIAJ/KX/gQczdtGJNV+2URr+xL SLj8G/Tpdm3iXTVa1g17JOplJOVDrDDCC5xeHDgLEp2nSF8GEwfMZaL2tw0xHe2q GpdCI7nXanejM2aq65y50XyC6JbwSSB6oB9tLY2LV8FMw18CMLUh6MkUnjoR5Jl1 znvKgov23Q4W/vmIhsv9U7Zz91tcurIBAyya3rOnhB8C/OgtVV38IR7BRDjPYXC1 p5Fvejuzvqiz1C7SkCKdYTVpX8qgCN0NSodw2C1ZAVY7RXgxBUiEvfs/j+mNZaaH 79JyFUQvUaMsbec70cAwsDK1rVAeYbCxS4W/bru+TSlcI+vvvTQUlhTLngFNbPQ= =fzvl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
