[PLUG] Upgrading Kubuntu 7.10 from CD?

[Matt McKenzie]

I would like to jump in with my $0.02 about the "upgrade vs. install" issue.

I run Fedora X86_64 on my main desktop, and Ubuntu (both x86 and PPC) on
several different laptops, from G3 and G4 Powerbooks, a PII Dell, and a
generic centrino.

On my desktop, I have a separate /home partition, and keep all my data on
that.  When a new release comes out I backup config files to /home, and just
do a full install, then tweak or re-merge the config files (mainly just
xorg.conf, /etc/mailcap, things like that).  Doing a full install helps keep
things cleaner IMHO.  I used to do upgrades, on this machine from Fedora
core 1 to Fedora core 2, and a few others in there.  After a while things
got a little muddy so I decided to do a clean install.  Makes life easier.
With a separate /home you can maintain your data and personal settings.

On my Ubuntu laptops I don't have separate /home, (in some cases the HDD is
only 6GB) but I don't keep much on them anyway.  Ubuntu is easier to upgrade
with the Update Manager, it has an automagic upgrade tool (which is a
front-end for apt-get dist-upgrade).  I used it a few times, it works OK.
But for Hardy I did full install on a couple of my laptops to clean them up.

Especially in a case where you are behind several releases (and will need to
do several upgrades), my recommendation is to backup your data, repartition
with a separate / and /home (and swap and possibly /boot), then do a fresh
install of Hardy.  It will save time and headaches in the long run.  Doing
an upgrade install takes longer than a regular install, and it can leave
some things in a weird or just broken state.
IMHO, YMMV, etc.

Good luck with it whichever way you go :).

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denish at dslnorthwest.net>
wrote:

> John Jason Jordan wrote:
> > On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:18:43 -0700
> > Denis Heidtmann <denish at dslnorthwest.net> dijo:
> >
> >>>> I will be at the Clinic with a full complement of all the Hardy CDs -
> >>>> that is, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu, all in 32- and 64-bit
> >>>> and including the alternate  and server versions of all of the above.
> >>>>
> >>>> I downloaded them all shortly after Hardy went final and saved them on
> >>>> the big-ass drive in my desktop.
> >>> John,
> >>> I am sure Hardy is neat, but I would prefer to UPGRADE from my present
> 7.04.
> >>> This requires going through 7.10 (Gutsy).  The only way to go from 7.04
> to Hardy
> >>> (number?_) directly is to do a full install.  I am not sure that I want
> to do
> >>> that. Comments?
> >>>
> >>> -Denis
> >> Apparently what I need is a CD which has the script "cdromupgrade" on
> it.  Mine
> >> does not have such, at least I have not been able to find it.  Moreover,
> the url
> >> link on the CD I have leads me to a page which says "...this is a
> >> pre-release...".  It is clear that I do not want that.
> >
> > Rats. I misunderstood what you needed.
> >
> > The distros are all on my desktop, which I don't normally bring to the
> > Clinic. So, in anticipation of the Clinic, I decided to check my stack
> > of distro CDs to make sure I wasn't lying about what I will have with
> > me. I noticed several missing ones, plus I decided to download Edubuntu
> > and Xubuntu which apparently weren't available last April when I
> > downloaded the others. Then I started burning the missing ones. Except
> > I ran into a problem - the 7.10 versions were all in the same folder
> > and I kept clicking on the wrong one. Thinking that no one would ever
> > want those old ones I just deleted them to save space on the disk and
> > keep me from burning the wrong ones. And now this morning I get your
> > note that you need one of the old ones. Aaargh.
> >
> > I'd re-download, but I'm not sure which one you need. You really need
> > to download from home or something because Free Geek doesn't have
> > enough bandwidth to get a whole distro in the time we will be there.
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> OK.  It looks like I will not be coming to the Clinic.  I will instead
> start the
> upgrade from the internet.  It could take a full day to do it, but at least
> I am
> less likely to create problems for myself than if I try to monkey with the
> 7.10
> CD that I have.
>
> -Denis
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