1. Newbie evaluation. 2. Gutsy>Hardy: request for advice.

Thu May 1 15:08:26 UTC 2008

Bas:

I upgraded from Gutsy to Hardy via Adept because it was easier, but
there have been issues with sound
and cdrom. Most of what I read on the forums suggests that a clean
install is the safer and better route to go
when you upgrade. I am fairly sure that my issues would not have
happened with a fresh install of Kubuntu Hardy.
See what others more experienced than I think about this.

Cheers,

geoff bays

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Everybody
>
>  In November last year I started transferring from Windows to Linux via
>  Kubuntu 7.10, Gutsy Gibbon. At present I do about 95% of my PC work via
>  Gutsy. After 20 years of Windows agony, my pleasure with Kubuntu Gutsy
>  gets bigger every week. About 95% of the problems I manage to resolve
>  myself so far. About 4% of my problems have been satisfactorily resolved
>  after consulting the Kubuntu or Ubuntu forums or a Friend/ Linux expert
>  here in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Sometimes I already manage to give
>  advises myself to others via the Kubuntu and Ubuntu user groups. At
>  present, there is only one major problem at daily user level I did not
>  yet manage to resolve: the on-board sound at my desktop, an HP Pavilion.
>  Below, I get back to that specific isssue.
>
>  At present, I am wondering when it could be a good moment in my case to
>  switch to one of  the two(!) versions of Kubuntu 8.04, Hardy Heron. I do
>  not have any experience with a version upgrade within Kubuntu. That's
>  why, I kindly ask your advice. Below, I specify this request on detail
>  level.
>
>  According to kubuntu.org, there are two versions of the 8.04 release:
>  one with the 'stable' KDE 3.5.9 and another one with KDE 4.0.3. More
>  info: http://kubuntu.org/announcements/8.04-release.php
>  To be honest, I attach more importance to system stability than to super
>  brand new features. That is one of the many reasons I am marginalising
>  the use of Windows as much as possible. What about the future of KDE 4?
>  Will there be a more 'stable' release to be incorporated in Kubuntu
>  8.10, to be issued next October? Will it be possible to upgrade to 8.10
>  with KDE 4 from either Gutsy or Hardy in combination with KDE 3.5.9?
>
>  According to several messages I read on the Kubuntu and Ubuntu forums,
>  Hardy works with Firefox 3 - a version that is allegedly not yet
>  compatible with several add-ons that I use frequently - by example the
>  'Foxmarks' book mark synchroniser. This is the main reason I am
>  hesitating to transfer already now to Hardy. Does any one know when this
>  compatibility problem will be solved?
>
>  So far, I have understood that there are two ways to 'upgrade':
>  * installation 'from scratch', or ....
>  * 'upgrade' while maintaining the whole configuration.
>
>  With respect to my DESKTOP: I am wondering which of the two ways of
>  'upgrading' is the best one. I made there a HOME+System partition of 15
>  GB only. I need to use different language versions of Kubuntu and Open
>  Office - that's why I have a permanent lack of space in that partition.
>  That's why I want to make that partition at least twice bigger. The
>  total size of the HD on which I use Kubuntu is 180 GB -so, there is more
>  than enough space for that.  What is more easy, practical and safe:
>  resizing that partition together with an 'installation from scratch'  of
>  Hardy or following a 'direct upgrade' from 7.10 via Adept? (See:
>  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades/Kubuntu )
>  I am perfectly happy to first save/ back up my data in case an
>  'installation from scratch' is better. In such a case, I am also able to
>  produce and use a 'Kubuntu files script' in order to get back all the
>  software packages I have been using so far.
>
>  With respect to the laptop: there, the size of the Home/ system
>  partition is already OK. So, which way to upgrade is best there?
>
>  One major daily use issue I did not manage to resolve within Gutsy: the
>  sound at the desktop, an HP Pavilion. Several times I carried out all
>  the checks and instructions at the so-called 'Comprehensive Sound
>  Problem Solutions Guide':
>  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=205449.
>  What is the best thing to do from this point of view: first trying to
>  resolve the sound issue, than upgrading? Or is it better first to
>  upgrade in the hope that the sound problem can be more easily solved
>  afterwards?
>
>  Thanks for your possible replies! Also partial answers to one or more
>  specific questions could make me happy.
>
>  Respectfully Yours,
>
>  Bas.
>
>
>
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