[Ubuntu-ZW] Ubuntu 11.04 upgrade

Chris Shaw chris at shaw.co.zw
Tue Apr 26 14:14:04 UTC 2011


Thanks for the info KT,

I upgraded my KDE net-book to the beta release using the local
repository. I had no hassle. I did it in the evening on my home UHF and
generally downloaded just under 200kb. The only issues I have had, and
reported as bugs:
1. Evolution crashes when you try to close it.
2. Need to close and reopen skype when the machine wakes up from sleep.

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On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 15:42 +0200, Kalpesh Thaker wrote:

> @ 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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