[Ubuntu-ZW] Ubuntu 11.04 upgrade

[Kalpesh Thaker]

@ martin.. generally upgrades arent too much of a hassle....however, they
can give issues....
in my case.. i've done alot of customisation with kde.. and the upgrade
worked flawlessly.. everything
is intact.. email.. skype.. files....no problemo.

@rocco.. locally.. on adsl im getting around 200-300kb..im not sure about
uhf though...i heard uhf sucks badly because the speed
keeps fluctuating..

once again...11.04 & KDE havent failed to disappoint :)

im loving libreoffice too :) both on moral grounds.. and just how quicker it
is than openoffice..
a very wise move there from canonical.


On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Rocco <rocs19 at gmail.com> wrote:

> thanks for the info.  I look forward to the upgrade.  However, I am keen to
> know what speeds other guys are getting *locally* on adsl or uhf.  I get a
> max of 60KB/sec both locally and internationally.  I was under the
> impression that local speeds would be higher.
>
> Could someone please advise.
> Thanks,
> Rocco.
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Kalpesh Thaker <luminary06 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys..
>>
>> Just to let you know that i have successfully upgraded my kubuntu desktop
>> from 10.10 to 11.04 using our
>> local repository..
>>
>> If you would like to upgrade to the latest version which is due in the
>> next few days...you can follow the steps
>> below. you will need a very fast local connection to download the packages
>> from the local repository server.
>>
>> when i ran the upgrade this morning, it needed to download approx 1.3gb of
>> data from the server.. which over
>> a fibre connection took about 4 mins. adsl, uhf and wimax may take much
>> longer.
>>
>> *NB: before you do any of this.. make sure to backup your files, incase
>> something goes wrong.*
>>
>> -to start an upgrade, you will need to use an application called
>> 'update-manager'.
>> you can start it by running "*sudo update-manager*" from a terminal.
>>
>> -if you do not have update-manager on your machine (kubuntu does not
>> include it) then you can install it by running
>> "*sudo apt-get install update-manager*"
>>
>> -when update-manager opens, it'll do a check, and you should see a
>> notification that an upgrade to 11.04 is available.
>> click on this and the upgrade will start. the application will check for a
>> mirror, and should notify you that a mirror is not available,
>> and if you'd like to update your sources file with "natty". at that
>> prompt, just say yes. (if there is no upgrade available,
>> click settings, then go to updates, and change the "release upgrade" to
>> normal releases).
>>
>> -the upgrade will then notify you again, with a list of files that will be
>> removed, upgraded and installed. once you
>> are happy with the changes being made, just click next/yes/continue. it
>> will then download the files and
>> upgrade your system. once it is finished, it'll prompt your for a reboot,
>> and then you are done.
>>
>> be warned, the download and upgrade does take a while... in my case, 4
>> minutes to download, and 1 hour 40 mins
>> to upgrade.
>>
>> also on another note, i tried this upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04 only.... i
>> am not sure if this will work from 10.04 to 11.04.
>>
>> kalpesh.
>>
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