basic - continued - automatic updates

[Christopher Chan]

> I got updated from 9.04 to 9.10 without wanting to go. This happen
> when 9.10 was not ready for use. I later got a new copy of a Linux
> magazine and started over with a new hard disk. Everything works
> now. I have rejected updates. My update list states over 100 update
> files to be install. Is it worse to avoid risking repeat problems than to
> allow the updates?

Going from 9.04 to 9.10 is NOT automatic and requires that you 
specifically tell Ubuntu to do a distribution upgrade.

It is not the same as updating.