Goodbye Linux/Ubuntu

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

W. Scott Lockwood III wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 09:48 -0400, Maxime Alarie wrote:
>> I never install a fresh release. Usually, if everything works fine
>> with a  Live USB.. I upgrade.
>>
> 9.10 was such a mess for me. I backed up /usr/local, /home/<users>,
> and /etc and did a wipe and reinstall. I then hand selected various
> things from the backup to go onto the fresh install. My laptop is much
> happier now.
> 
>   

I wonder if one can do a 9.04 -> 10.04 or does one have to go through 
each release once you have left LTS land...