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

[Michael Leone]

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Geoffrey Bays <charioteer7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

That's good advice when upgrading *any* OS, Linux or not. Ideally, do
a backup of data, then a clean install of your OS, then a restore of
your data/re-install of any other applications, as necessary. That
way, you're guaranteed not to bring forward any problems from the old
OS, or leave old drivers/binaries/etc hanging around, that may cause
issues.

Linux is just (usually) easier to actually upgrade OS versions,
keeping existing program installations and data, than other OSes.

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Michael J. Leone
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