Ubuntu: Clean Install or In-built upgrade
With the launch of Lucid *Lynx how are Skunks planning on upgrading? A clean install or using the inbuilt upgrade from Update Manager. and why?* **Interested in how techies here are handling it. -- Pamoja e:daudi.were@gmail.com <e%3Adaudi.were@gmail.com> skype: d.were
Regardless of OS, I think a clean install is the best way to go over upgrading. Only drawback is reinstalling your apps and restoring other data...but if you've partitioned your HDD, it's not so bad... :) You could also try it in a VM before you decide to clean house...i'm running Lucid Lynx on virtualbox and it looks sweet... On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:59, Daudi Were <daudi.were@gmail.com> wrote:
With the launch of Lucid *Lynx how are Skunks planning on upgrading? A clean install or using the inbuilt upgrade from Update Manager. and why?* **Interested in how techies here are handling it.
-- Pamoja
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On another note...Lucid Lynx is a breath of fresh air. Smooth install, no hiccups...the new dark interface is way better (frankly I hated the previous one)...and had a few issues with 9.04 especially on my ATI graphics laptop. No more fglrx required! Yay! A few comments here: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jamies-random-musings-10006480/ubuntu-1004-luci... On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 13:05, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com> wrote:
Regardless of OS, I think a clean install is the best way to go over upgrading. Only drawback is reinstalling your apps and restoring other data...but if you've partitioned your HDD, it's not so bad... :)
You could also try it in a VM before you decide to clean house...i'm running Lucid Lynx on virtualbox and it looks sweet...
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:59, Daudi Were <daudi.were@gmail.com> wrote:
With the launch of Lucid *Lynx how are Skunks planning on upgrading? A clean install or using the inbuilt upgrade from Update Manager. and why?* **Interested in how techies here are handling it.
-- Pamoja
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@Daudi - I think I'll upgrade my Karmic Koala via the Update Manger coz frankly I'm just too lazy to do a fresh install and then restore my apps, themes, settings etc... and anyhow that's why someone decided to come up with this mode of update ( for lazy people like me ;-) ) It's worked for me in the past so I'll use it again... Kind Regards John On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com>wrote:
On another note...Lucid Lynx is a breath of fresh air. Smooth install, no hiccups...the new dark interface is way better (frankly I hated the previous one)...and had a few issues with 9.04 especially on my ATI graphics laptop. No more fglrx required! Yay!
A few comments here:
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jamies-random-musings-10006480/ubuntu-1004-luci...
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 13:05, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com>wrote:
Regardless of OS, I think a clean install is the best way to go over upgrading. Only drawback is reinstalling your apps and restoring other data...but if you've partitioned your HDD, it's not so bad... :)
You could also try it in a VM before you decide to clean house...i'm running Lucid Lynx on virtualbox and it looks sweet...
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:59, Daudi Were <daudi.were@gmail.com> wrote:
With the launch of Lucid *Lynx how are Skunks planning on upgrading? A clean install or using the inbuilt upgrade from Update Manager. and why? * **Interested in how techies here are handling it.
-- Pamoja
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Someone should undertake a performance comparison of the pros and cons of clean installing vs. upgrading... :) Although I have upgraded several times before my machine felt sluggish afterwards...YMMV On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 13:55, John Ndambuki <johnmndambuki@gmail.com>wrote:
@Daudi - I think I'll upgrade my Karmic Koala via the Update Manger coz frankly I'm just too lazy to do a fresh install and then restore my apps, themes, settings etc... and anyhow that's why someone decided to come up with this mode of update ( for lazy people like me ;-) ) It's worked for me in the past so I'll use it again...
Kind Regards
John
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com>wrote:
On another note...Lucid Lynx is a breath of fresh air. Smooth install, no hiccups...the new dark interface is way better (frankly I hated the previous one)...and had a few issues with 9.04 especially on my ATI graphics laptop. No more fglrx required! Yay!
A few comments here:
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jamies-random-musings-10006480/ubuntu-1004-luci...
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 13:05, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com>wrote:
Regardless of OS, I think a clean install is the best way to go over upgrading. Only drawback is reinstalling your apps and restoring other data...but if you've partitioned your HDD, it's not so bad... :)
You could also try it in a VM before you decide to clean house...i'm running Lucid Lynx on virtualbox and it looks sweet...
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:59, Daudi Were <daudi.were@gmail.com> wrote:
With the launch of Lucid *Lynx how are Skunks planning on upgrading? A clean install or using the inbuilt upgrade from Update Manager. and why? * **Interested in how techies here are handling it.
-- Pamoja
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