Upgradephobia!

[Joep L. Blom]

NoOp wrote:
> On 10/30/2009 04:50 PM, David McNally wrote:
> ...
>> My Ubuntu computer now is currently the only computer that I have (at least
>> I'm not using windows anymore!), so I'm a bit more nervous, considering I've
>> never had a successful upgrade.
>>
>> Also, when I was reading the release notes for 9.10, I noticed that ext4 and
>> GRUB 2 won't be installed on an upgraded computer - only a fresh install.
>> Would there be any way of creating a fresh install, but with all of my
>> programs and files (and I do mean EVERYTHING: Virtualbox VMs, Wine programs,
>> game saves, Compiz settings, etc), while still having ext4 and GRUB 2?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
> 
> What's the rush?
> 
> Wait for at least 30 days (seriously) before upgrading if you only have
> one system -- unless of course you have a compelling technical reason to
> do so. By then many issues that always occur with any new release
> upgrade will/should have been sorted out.
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Normally I do that but today I was adventurous and accidentally started 
upgrading my Karmic Beta and it did it not completely flawlessly as some 
repositories were not reachable but otherwise chapeau for a very stable 
upgrade path. Try that with commercial software.
Joep