Gutsy upgrade borked

[Felipe Figueiredo]

On Sunday 21 October 2007 01:52:31 Alex Janssen wrote:

> I don't see all the broken things you report.  I guess I just don't use 
> it as extensively.  I do some simple spreadsheets(budgets, cost 
> analysis) and documents(product catalog, a 250 page book with index and 
> toc), but I'm certainly no system guru.  I don't use evolution.  I got 
> stuck on Thunderbird before I saw Evolution.  I think I'd use Evolution 
> if it also ran on MS Windows.
> 
> I'm glad I got some errors and read all these messages before continuing 
> with the upgrade.
> 
> Glad to hear you got 7.10 working Ok, now.  I might try in a few days.

Yesterday I went to my mother's, and to my surprise I found out she had 
upgraded from fesity, all by herself. This is much of a surprise, because 
she's a computer illiteracy, and can't read a line of English (this is 
relevant because even though the brazillian translation is very good and 
comprehensive, it's never 100% complete). She only got worried about 
(probably) some debconf questions about keeping/subsituting some /etc/ config 
files. Nevertheless, she said she just accepted the suggestions and got it 
all working. 

So, if you or anyone else is waiting for a thumbs up for the upgrade, I can 
confirm a non-tech person, using a fairly basic use - some basic OO writer 
skills, firefox with flash, the whole codec suite and the most common 
non-free apps (google's, skype and ies4linux) -  on a modern laptop (LeNovo 
3000 V100) Just Works®, as advertised and as expected. 

She's now more than happy as a kid with the 3D effects. Many thanks to all 
that made it possible.

regards
FF