upgrading ububtu

[thephotoman]

Upgrading Ubuntu is rather simple.  For a high speed connection it's 
just one command:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

That's it.  Go get yourself some coffee and relax.  Of course, if you 
don't have a high-speed connection, get a copy of the latest CD (either 
from someone who does or from the YouShipIt program) and when it 
arrives, add it to your apt-sources list and do the same command.  It's 
a bit quicker than downloading everything, but at the same time, it can 
take forever for the disc to get to you.

That's the beauty of being based on Debian for you.

Agustin.Lobo wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> A colleague has encouraged me to use ubuntu. I'm now using Mandrake 10.
> What I hate most in linux distros is that when it comes to
> upgrade you normally have to perform a clean installation
> from scratch again. Is this also the case for ubuntu?
> I mean, if the current version is 4.10, what will I have to
> do to upgrade to the next one (i.e., 4.11)?
> 
> Also, I have 2 AMD Athlon 1600+ processors, would this be a problem for
> ubuntu?
> 
> And finally, do I have to compile the kernel? or, would it be any better
> if I do so? In case I had to, is there a good how-to for this task?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Dr. Agustin Lobo
> Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC)
> Lluis Sole Sabaris s/n
> 08028 Barcelona SPAIN
> tel 34 93409 5410
> fax 34 93411 0012
> Agustin.Lobo at ija.csic.es
> 
> 
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