Ubuntu 10.04 LTS released

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On 29/04/10 20:22, Nikolai K. Bochev wrote:
> Oh i missed the part where you say that you have rc installed. In that case just apt-get update, no need for dist-upgrade :)
>
> Upgrading from previous releases using the update-manager/do-release-upgrade has certain benefits ( from what is visible as output ):
>
> 1. It warns you if you have low disk space needed for the upgrade.
> 2. It aborts if your memory is not enough to handle the upgrade.
> 3. It searches and removes obsolete packages that are left over from previous releases.
> 4. It's the "official" way of doing things, so if you go whining that you did apt-get dist-upgrade and something went poo on places like ubuntuforums.org you might get a bit of heat ( not that i think it would be a problem for you after 3-4 years of Gentoo ). For me it's sort of like the sudo argument.

Makes a lot of sense, thank you.
m.

> ----- Original Message -----
> Wait, that's a guide to upgrade from 9.10. I have 10.04 release
> candidate.
>
> the Update manager indeed gives me several packages to update. Is this
> the correct route from a RC to a full release too? (probably yes,
> but...)
>
> Also -isn't upgrading from synaptic / apt-get the same, and if not, why
> (that is: what does the update manager do under the hood?)
>
> thanks,
> m.
>