2009/5/12 Robert Longstaff <dreamf...@dreamfish.org.uk>: >> Hi -- I was just wondering, why it is that the community-at-large seems to >> think that it is better to reinstall to a newer version of Ubuntu rather >> than to run the upgrade? > > I'm personally an 'install from fresh' person, but that's > just me ;) > > Otherwise, I heard two anecdotal stories at a recent LUG > meeting of people upgrading to Jaunty and it taking several > hours. In fact, one person re-did it from fresh on their > machine at the meet and it took about 35mins. > > Any thoughts on this?
The upgrade I just did downloaded over a gig worth of data, but as I'm on a fast connection the entire install was complete in about 30-40 minutes. If I was on a slower connection I would probably have been better off using a cd instead. On the other hand, f I had less installed on this computer then it would have been quicker again. Generally, if my machine is working nicely I'll just upgrade. If I've installed a lot of crud or otherwise broken things then I'll go for a fresh install. I certainly don't see the need for a fresh install each time. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
