It is convenient to install Lubuntu 12.10 Beta or Lubuntu 12.04 if I have to do it now?

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi,

We can never say 'hand on heart' that a beta will not crash. The 12.10
cycle has been very stable. Once you put on one of the 12.10 test version
on, keeping it updated will take you all the way to final release. What I
do is keep /home on a separate partition [1], this is the best form of
backup. (Being a devout coward, I also maintain a 2nd copy of my /home
partition on a separate partition which is only periodically mounted to do
and rsync to and then gets un mounted).

Or, put another way... keep backups of your personal data!

If you do need to do a re-install, make sure to select manual partitioning
and ensure the check box to format /home is unmarked!!!!

Regards,

Phill.
1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving

On 9 September 2012 00:20, Sandor Ortegon <sandortegon at myopera.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hello,
>
> I am facing the situation I have to reinstall Lubuntu again in my
> computer. And the problem is that I have to do it very soon.
>
> Several people install Lubuntu 12.10 for testing purposes, but in my case,
> it is for daily use. So far, I have used Lubuntu 12.04 and I know that some
> big changes in this new Lubuntu interest me, like having PCManFM 1.0,
> Texlive 2012, GTK+ 3.5 (or 3.6, anu way, bigger than 3.4) and Libpoppler
> 0.20. And I have seen improvements in artwork that as far as I understand
> would be developed for 12.10 and not for 12.04 ... among other things.
>
> So, I thought that if I have to reinstall Lubuntu, why not installing
> 12.10 despite being a Beta version? But I am not sure how stable it is
> right now and also importantly, I don't know if I should reinstall again
> when official Lubuntu 12.10 comes out.
>
> I will be grateful for your attention; I have never installed a beta
> version of an OS before, so I am not sure what to do.
>
> Best regards
>
>
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