Good Idea for new users

[Leonard Chatagnier]

Great, good for you guys.  I appears that Ubuntu has improved the upgrade process making it as good as a fresh install. Only you don't have ext4 or grub2. Do you know what FUD means?
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net


--- On Sat, 10/31/09, Robert Kiwanuka <robert.kiwanuka at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Robert Kiwanuka <robert.kiwanuka at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Good Idea for new users
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 5:29 PM
> 2009/10/30 Gilles
> Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org>
> 
> 
> I just did an upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10... and same
> experience. Flawless...
> 
> 
> 
> No point in spreading FUD.
> 
> 
> My Acer Aspire One came with Linpus,  I replaced that with
> Jaunty. I just upgraded that today  to 9.10 via update
> manager and had the same experience, flawless!
> 
> 
> 
> Robert 
> 
> 
> 
> Gilles.
> 
> 
> 
> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> 
> > --- On Fri, 10/30/09, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> >> From: Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
> 
> >> Subject: Good Idea for new users
> 
> >> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for
> general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> 
> >> Date: Friday, October 30, 2009, 8:27 AM
> 
> >>
> 
> >>     I think that the Karmac 9.10 version of
> 
> >> Ubuntu should be
> 
> >> offered with advice to use the ext3 file system
> and the
> 
> >> Grub
> 
> >> version 1 boot.
> 
> >>
> 
> >>     I think this because a huge number of
> 
> >> problems surround the
> 
> >> new versions of both critical items. A new user
> does not
> 
> >> want
> 
> >> to hear this.
> 
> >>
> 
> >> 73 Karl
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> > Why? A fresh install on an ext4 partition has worked
> for be flawlessly on both grub2 and ext4 fs.  Maybe better
> advice is to install on a fresh partition and not just
> upgrade from an older version which has always presented
> issues for me and is why I now always install on a fresh
> partition instead of upgrading.  YMMV.
> 
> 
> 
> > BTW, grub2 did pick up all my other ubuntu partitions
> and my 2 vista partitions so I can't buy the
> recommendation.
> 
> > Leonard Chatagnier
> 
> > lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> >
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