<div>Heck, I may as well test the upgrade myself, as I have little to lose, and the number of 'buntu boxes around me keeps increasing....<br> </div> <div>I took both approaches for 7.04 to 7.10: upgrade and clean install.  Although at first I thought the clean installs were acting faster, I don't notice any difference anymore, and the upgrade process was VERY easy.  The fresh install, of course, had me pulling out my notes from last install, but it is kind of fun remembering how to tweak the resolution, the touchpad, etc.  :-)</div> <div> </div> <div>Richard</div> <div><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/21/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Neal McBurnett</b> <<a href="mailto:neal@bcn.boulder.co.us">neal@bcn.boulder.co.us</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>...and we absolutley need folks to test the upgrade option - I agree that<br>it is critical that this be supported well, and that takes real-world<br> testing more than just about any other aspect of a new release.<br><br>But I suggest that folks that do this testing have a really good<br>fallback plan if the upgrade goes badly. </blockquote></div>