upgrading ububtu

[Hervé Cauwelier]

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

True but...

> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Don't tell people to use dist-upgrade for anything. Synaptic is made for 
beginners like Augustin.

> 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.


It may look complicated but using synaptic makes it simple.

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Hervé Cauwelier
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