going from 8.04 to 9.10

[Thomas Olsen]

On 7/10-2009 12:12 Christopher Rob JONES <christopher.rob.jones at cern.ch> 
wrote:
> > This is what it took for me, about a week. You have to fully update each
> > install before you can make the jump to the next. Sorry. Ric
> 
> I think if I was in your shoes I would consider a completely fresh
> installation. backup /home to an external drive or similar, do a fresh
> installation, including reformatting home, and then just copy back the
> data from the /home backup. I think you should probably let the various
> config files (.XYZ etc.) remake themselves since the differences are
> likely large, particular for KDE going fronm 3 to 4.
> 
> just my 2 pence worth.
> 
> Chris
> 

I jumped from Hardy to Jaunty. I think I just changed hardy to jaunty in 
/etc/apt/sources.list. And make sure that the meta package kubuntu-desktop is 
installed. But I would also recommend a fresh install - maybe wait for Karmic.

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Best Regards / Med venlig hilsen

  Thomas Olsen