Final release today?

[Colin Watson]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 10:29:18AM +0100, Darren Wheatley wrote:
> Is today the day for final (GA) release?

Yes (although technically we had general availability a while ago, so
that might not be the best term :-)).

> If so, do I simply run "apt-get dist-upgrade", and can I do this from within
> X?

Yes, but upgrading X from within X can be risky.

> If I can't do it within X, what is the best way to boot into a shell with
> network access?

No need to boot; just press Ctrl-Alt-F1. (Ctrl-)Alt-F7 will get you back
to X.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]