Help upgrading to 10.10

[Alan Pope]

On 14 October 2010 16:25, Cybe R. Wizard <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
> This website?
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MaverickUpgrades
>
> If so, the whole method described is unwieldy.  It refers to
> System>Administration>Software Sources
> when that step can be completed right from
> System>Administration>Update Manager
> and the, "Settings," button.
>
> Yep, description bug on the site, I'd say.
>

Ok, great. Luckily it's a wiki page so anyone can dive right in and
get it sorted. Volunteers sought.

> BTW, "joe sixpack?"  Isn't that a little insulting?

Not that I was aware. I meant it as a colloquial term for a 'normal',
i.e. non-geek.

>  (that is, if, by
> sixpack, one refers to alcoholic beverages (not everybody drinks
> alcohol)) And, if it refers to a strong abdomen, does it really
> represent the great untutored mass of humanity? I think, "no."
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Q._Public

I consider myself informed.

> Maybe, "Joe Average," or, "Joe Normal," or, "Joe regular," might be
> better and not tend to identify /you/, the 'speaker,' as a (US) Tea
> Party member.

I'm British, for the record.

Al.