[ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04

Phill Whiteside PhillW at Ubuntu.com
Mon Apr 30 12:32:35 UTC 2012


I think that the passage

When upgrading from a previous release, it is always a good idea to [[
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving | move
> /home]], it gives additional safe guards for your own data. In any case,
> taking a backup is recommended.
>

Should be, placed everywhere that a user can upgrade from.

Regards,

Phill.



On 30 April 2012 17:47, Nigel Verity <nigelverity at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  I think the suggestion by "kpb" for a direct LTS -> LTS upgrade path is
> inspired. I have successfully encouraged a number of "low tech" users to
> move from Windows and always put them onto the current LTS for the sake of
> stability, with excellent results. It would be very good for the image of
> Ubuntu if they could perform a reliable upgrade to the new LTS with a few
> mouse clicks, even if it does take a couple of hours. As things stand I
> don't really see an alternative to my having to visit each of them and
> perform a full backup and reinstall myself.
>
> Regards
>
> Nige
>
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