Upgrading to 9.04? Should I or shouldn't I?

[Karl F. Larsen]

Lynn Ziegler wrote:
> I have had Ubuntu on one of my machines since 7.1. (Previous to that I had
> used various Red Hat releases and, before that, Slackware back to the time
> when I installed from floppies.) At some point the update manager offered me
> the opportunity to upgrade and I did - to 8.04 (which I have been very happy
> with). However, I had been reading a lot of good things about 9.04 and
> thought I might upgrade. However, I had not been offered the chance to
> upgrade to it automatically so I went to the Ubuntu web site which said that
> automatic upgrades were only from 8.10 (which I have been avoiding since it
> is not a long-term supported version).
>
> Not to be deterred, I downloaded the 9.04 installation disk and when I tried
> it, it stopped at some point with a blank screen after I have clicked either
> the cd live execution button or the install button. I presume it is because
> of my video card (an nvidia card supported by the usual drivers – a GeForce
> 6150SE nForce 430). When I tried the disk on another machine the live cd
> worked fine.
>
> However, I am unsure whether I want to upgrade or not. On further reading I
> discovered that my 8.04 is a LTS and supported through 2011 while 9.04 is
> only supported through 2010.
>
> My question is: when another LTS release comes out, will I be able to
> upgrade directly from 8.04? If so, I will probably wait until that happens.
> If not, I will have to figure out how to make the installation work.
>
> Lynn Ziegler
>
>   
    Well with the big hard drives, you don't need to upgrade and older 
Ubuntu, but rather you can load 9.04 into it's partition and keep your 
older versions. I will some day replace my 8.04 with another version, 
but it will not happen until 2011 when the new long life version arrives.


Karl