Xubuntu upgrade

[Tom H]

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Patrick Newberry <PNewberry at habitat.org> wrote:
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> I  wanted to do a distribution upgrade ( going from Harding to Lucid) but I run Xubuntu (xfce) … not the gnome Ubuntu desk top.
>
> When the distribution upgrade starts it just says Ubuntu on the upgrade not Xubuntu.
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> I was using these instructions below:
>
> I assume it will keep my xfce desk top correct?
>
> Upgrade from 8.04 LTS to 10.04 LTS
>
> Network Upgrade for Ubuntu Desktops (Recommended)
>
> You can easily upgrade over the network with the following procedure.
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> Press Alt-F2 and type update-manager --devel-release
> Click the Check button to check for new updates.
> If there are any updates to install, use the Install Updates button to install them, and press Check again after that is complete.
> A message will appear informing you of the availability of the new release.
> Click Upgrade.
> Follow the on-screen instructions.

I would certainly hope that if you have xubuntu-desktop for 8.04 that
you will end up with xubuntu-desktop for 10.04!

You might want to skip the "--devel-release" part of the command...