Good Idea for new users

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

Rashkae wrote:
> Avi Greenbury wrote:
>   
>> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:32:52 -0700 (PDT)
>> Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Leonard Chatagnier
>>> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>>> --- On Fri, 10/30/09, Avi Greenbury
>>> <avismailinglistaccount at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I agree that Karl's idea is not one of the best. But I'm
>>>> also more than
>>>> a little disheartened by your apparent acceptance that the
>>>> upgrade
>>>> process is one doomed to failure.
>>>>         
>>> Now you are putting words in my mouth that I didn't say. 
>>>       
>> This wasn't my intention. I was only writing what I had inferred from
>> what you wrote - that upgrading doesn't work, and this is to be
>> accepted.
>>
>>     
>
> I think it would be more accurate to say, some of us feel that the
> upgrade process is more prone to unexpected behaviour.  A far cry from
> "failure", "doom," or "doesn't work," but perhaps not entirely as
> appealing to people adverse to 'unexpected'
>
>   

Which depends on what tool you use to upgrade apparently. apt-get 
dist-upgrade is a no-no. Use synaptic or the command line tool 
'do-release-upgrade'. See http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading