Upgraded Array 4 vs. Fresh Array 5

[Ben Novack]

I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the Arrays are snapshots of
nightly builds that are free of showstopper bugs; they're 'outdated'
immediately, but they're "stable" - at least by the standards of a
release still being developed.


On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:40:30 +0000, david <nux at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 13:01 +1100, Russell Cook wrote:
> >I' be careful, unfortunately Array 5 didn't seem as good as 4 in
> >detecting the wireless card in Dad's PC. The live version did, but only
> >when I did a "live-expert" install. The normal array 5 install, i.e. no
> >expert,  didnt' detect the wireless card at all.
> >
> >I also have a problem in his video card flickers severely everytime
> >something is drawn on the screen and/or the mouse is moved. This doesn't
> >happen in windows. At the moment this means Ubuntu is unusable on his
> >machine.  A pity, as it works great on the 3 machines and on VMWare on
> >my laptop!
> >
> >Kind Regards Russ
> >www.windsorcycles.com.au
> >(gedit/ubuntu/gFTP)
> >
> >
> >
> >Brian Pack wrote:
> >
> >>After running and regularly dist-upgrade-ing an Array 4 install, I was
> >>wondering if there was anything to gain from a fresh install of Array 5.
> >>Assuming that as many packages as possible from  the former would also be
> >>installed on the latter.
> >>
> >>
> 
> I had Array 4 running, fully up to date. Had a few browser problems and
> RealPlayer 10 took minutes to open.
> I did a clean install of Array 5 last night - slightly disappointed to
> discover I then had to download 206 packages to get it back up to date.
> (think I may have have misunderstood the dev' cycle - not being a
> developer).
> Browser problem has gone. Haven't reinstalled Real yet. SLightly irked
> at menus not updating very well. Xine and VLC et al don't show up - a
> minor detail.
> Can't see the difference to be honest. I guess the difference is all
> under the hood.
> 
> David
> 
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