[Malvern] Upgrading to Firefox

[Geoff Bagley]

William.

I guess you have probably come across the "package management system" 
that is used by Ubuntu.
It is much the same as the one in Debian GNU/Linux, from which Ubuntu 
derives.

When you update you software, you get more recent versions with 
"bug-fixes"  and security fixes to
keep out  evil spirits.

The computer contacts a "repository", or "mirror"  where all the latest 
goodies are kept.
There  are lots of these,  and the  sources you use are listed in a file 
in your machine which gets
consulted when you update or upgrade.

The file is  called  /etc/apt/sources.list      
and can be edited according to how choosey you are about such things as 
"non-free" software.

I  use the command line  to edit the sources list  or to update or to 
upgrade.
I  am new to Ubuntu, but have used "Debian"   (the grand-daddy of 
Ubuntu)  for about eight years.

If you don't fancy using the command line yet,  there are graphical 
methods of installing Ubuntu software, 
and (on mine) I get prompted for updates.

Where do you live ?  You can get help from a number of Linux users in 
and around Malvern.

Please ask for further questions.

The point of my question about upgrading to Hardy Heron LTS  was to find 
out whether any
of the brethren  think it's a dodgy thing to do.   I have not crashed 
anything yet !

Best regards,

Geoff





William Chaundy wrote:
> Geoff
>
> Thankyou for this reply. Now one question - How do you do this, 
> upgrade to Hardy Heron, in the most simple terms as I am naive on 
> programming in Linux and not afraid to admit this.
>
> William
>
> > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:37:23 +0000
> > From: geoff.bagley at btinternet.com
> > To: willchaundy at hotmail.com
> > CC: malvern at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: [Malvern] Upgrading to Firefox
> >
> > Would it be permissible, by changing the sources list, to upgrade from
> > Edgy Eft to Hardy Heron ?
> >
> > The latter is "LTS", and expires at the same time as the present Karmic
> > Koala.
> >
> > I guess that HH would support the more recent browser and (hopefully)
> > its various plugins.
> >
> > Geoff.
> >
> >
> > William Chaundy wrote:
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > Is it possible to upgrade to Firefox 3.6 on Edgey as I have come
> > > across a few sites saying they will not support the version I have,
> > > that which I am unsure, after the next few weeks.
> > >
> > > Will
> > >
> > > 
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