<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Bill Cairns <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cairnsww@gmail.com">cairnsww@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <br> My question is - is it worth waiting for a month or two (or how long?)<br> to get a more solid product, or should I submit to my baser instincts<br> and do it as soon as possible because I want to play with the new<br> Ubuntu? The answer really depends on the quantity of the downloads<br> required - if the ISO image is going to be 700 megs and the bug<br> corrections during the next however long are going to be 200 megs,<br> then waiting would seem the best option. If only 20 megs, then let's<br> do it now. (IOK - I know nobody knows how long a piece of string is,<br> but previous releases must have given us an idea).<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I believe if your hardware works: graphics, sound, 3G devices, cameras, scanners, printers etc, then go for it!</div><div><br></div><div> Waiting to get an updated ISO won't save you bandwidth, as you'll receive those updates either way. If anything you might save bandwidth: if you remove packages that you don't use, then those updates will be skipped.</div> <div><br></div><div>When I have limited bandwidth, I begin downloading the ISO at the end of the month, with the leftover cap, and continue next month.</div><div><br></div><div>Just backup everything if you can. If you have the space, you can <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=81311">tar your entire OS partition</a> into one file.</div> <div><br></div><div>Applications will need to be reinstalled unfortunately, as they are built per release. You can <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5146028/save-synaptic-markings-to-speed-up-ubuntu-reinstallation">save a list of what you have installed</a> and easily reinstall those after. If you upgrade (vs fresh install) then these packages will need to update either way, too.</div> </div>