upgrading ububtu

[thephotoman]

Forgot in the last message.  Those processors?  Not a problem.

Of course, recompiling the kernel always makes things work better, but 
it's not something you need to do.  As for a how-to, I'm sure there's 
one out there.

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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