[ubuntu-uk] apt-get distupgrade (to gutsy)

Michael Holloway michael at thedarkwinter.com
Fri Oct 12 11:57:37 BST 2007


On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 11:11 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
> Michael,
> 
> On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 09:12 +0100, Michael Holloway wrote:
> > Has anyone done it yet... i'm sooo tempted, and with RC being released
> > today, i figure why not.
> 
> I did up an upgrade yesterday using upgrade-manager -d on my 5 year old
> Dell Latitude C.400 laptop! It took about 4 hours all together and most
> of that was the upgrade itself, not the download.
> 
> It all works pretty much flawlessly. I even turned on compiz and
> downloaded the compizconfig-settings-manager to have a play. The machine
> is a little sluggish but it all seems to behave itself.
> 
> I'm about to do the same to my D.820!
> 
> Regards,
> Tony.
> -- 
> Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester,
> IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL.
> T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039
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> 
> 

Well I've just double backed up everything, and started the upgrade
process!!! Wish me luck!

Is it sad that im really excited about a new linux ???? I would never
tell my friends about this... hehe




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