[Gloucs] gloucs Digest, Vol 278, Issue 3

[bjh at hbas.fsnet.co.uk]

Hi Guys,

Have been using Ubuntu for some time with no problems whatsoever.

I upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10 again with no difficulty.

Note: I always check the ubuntu instructions carefully before carrying 
out an upgrade, in this instance the link refers  
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
/*
I noticed the following item under the heading:*/

*Before you start:*

"Be sure that you have all updates applied to Ubuntu 9.04 before you 
upgrade".

Did this and had no issue at all.

Hope this helps

Best wishes

Barrie Haycock


I Robot wrote:
> The upgrades are indeed a nightmare. Today I tried to upgrade from 9.04 to
> 9.10 and it just ruined everything :/ couldn't boot into gnome at all, very
> annoying. Alas I've reverted to 9.04 for the time being. I think the Ubuntu
> guys should disable the upgrade function, seems like *lots* of people are
> having issues upgrading.
>
> Cheers,
>
> D
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <gloucs-request at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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>>   1. Re: Bad Karma (Sean Keeney)
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>> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:59:56 +0000
>> From: Sean Keeney <seany at seanyseansean.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Gloucs] Bad Karma
>> To: Gloucestershire LUG <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
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>> The Ubuntu biannual releases are fantastic as long as you do a reinstall,
>> not an upgrade. Just stick your /home directory on its own partition and
>> you're good to go.
>>
>> There's nothing fundamentally wrong with KK - if we're going to use
>> anecdotal evidence as proof it's broken then I can use it to prove it's
>> brilliant. My work laptop works out of the box with the most difficult
>> hardware ever - some weird ATI Mobility graphics, Broadcom wireless, even
>> the hot keys and wireless toggles just work.
>>
>> Remember the init script and udev stuff has changed radically in recent
>> kernels, I can't imagine how hard that would be to cater for in an upgrade
>> situation. Just reinstall and be done with it.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Andrew Oakley <Andrew.Oakley at hesa.ac.uk
>>     
>>> wrote:
>>>       
>>> Gerd Busker wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Glyn Davies wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Any one else having a bad time with Karmic Koala? My laptop
>>>>>           
>>>> There is something fundamentally wrong with KK.  After
>>>>         
>>> I had a hell of a time upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10 so went back to 8.04
>>> and stayed there.
>>>
>>> Ubuntu's LTS (Long Term Support) releases are excellent, especially if
>>> you leave it until a couple of months after release. These are 6.06
>>> Dapper, 8.04 Hardy and the forthcoming 10.04 Lucid. They work, they stay
>>> working for 3-5 years, they get all the updates, and if you want
>>> cutting-edge stuff you can usually find it on a Launchpad ppd repo
>>> anyway (but remember to uninstall the ppd stuff when you upgrade to the
>>> next LTS).
>>>
>>> I really think Canonical should stop promoting non-LTS releases as
>>> anything other than test releases. With a six-month upgrade cycle and
>>> only 18 months support, these releases are not suitable for anything
>>> other than testing. They're fine as your secondary distro, to see what
>>> cutting-edge features are being developed for the next LTS release, but
>>> they're not suitable for reliable day-to-day work.
>>>
>>> LTS releases are the "stable" branch of Ubuntu. The non-LTS releases are
>>> unstable.
>>>
>>> Andrew Oakley
>>> Head of Software Development
>>> Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
>>> 95 Promenade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 1HZ
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