13.10 upgrade

[Avi Greenbury]

Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> In the past, I have always done clean installs, if only for the
 > opportunities these offer me, as a busy user, to review
> what's actually going on with my system and to actually apply my
> backups on a wide scale. But this message makes me curious. How
> reliable is the Ubuntu upgrade? Do people actually use it? Is there
> something special about this one, other than the "nudge"?

There's nothing that special about this release, in fact it's probably 
one of the least-changing ones of the past few years. Generally the 
in-place upgrade is very reliable in my experience, though there are 
people who tend to have problems.

Personally, I just upgrade on or near the release day the next time I'm 
sat at a computer that can be updated. I'd reccomend picking a quiet day 
and running the upgrade, aware that you *may* end up restoring from 
backup; it's really not very likely, but it pays to allow for that 
outcome. There is no immediate need to upgrade, though, unless there's 
some issue with your current install that is fixed in 13.10.

-- 
Avi