Kubuntu/Ubuntu does not remove everything from memory at shutdown

[Clay Weber]

On Thursday 25 March 2010 09:05:15 pm Steve Morris wrote:
> On 26/03/10 09:52, Clay Weber wrote:
> > Steve Morris wrote:
> >> Further to my thread on this, I have now downloaded and burnt the cd for
> >> Kubuntu 10.04 beta 1 and, this beta fixes the X desktop incompatibility
> >> with my monitor and rectifies the sound issue with Win 7. The beta is
> >> running kernel 2.6.32-6. Is is possible to update 9.10 to this kernel?
> > 
> > Yes, there are newer kernals available from
> > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
> > though you may have problems with some proprietary drivers with these.
> 
> My isp has repositories for lucid and I have updated the kernel from
> there. I also thought about updating OpenOffice as well, but I'll leave
> that for the time being.
> 
> >> Also when 10.04 comes out how does one upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04
> >> without losing everything that is currently installed? I have a number
> >> of applications that I don't want to have to recover if I can avoid it,
> >> not to mention what is needed to activate my wireless network card which
> >> is not supported by linux.
> > 
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades/Kubuntu
> > This page will be updated somewhat for the final release
> > 
> > You will be prompted to upgrade when the new version is officially
> > released. All your applications will also be upgraded as well. Depending
> > on how you activated your wireless card, you may have to re-do those
> > steps.
> 
> My main concern with this was that I have to use ndiswrapper for my
> wireless card which is not installed from the live cd, so I have to make
> arrangements to download it via another machine and copy it to this
> machine. I can't get it from the repositories until I have the wireless
> card working for internet access and I can't get the wireless card
> working until I get ndiswrapper from the respositories.
> 
As  you installed ndsiwrapper (assuming from an official Ubuntu package), it 
will be upgraded as well during the process, as will everything  you installed 
from the standard, official repositories



Clay Weber
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