Lee, No problem. In Synaptic Package Manager, choose Settings/Repositories and then click the 'Updates' tab on the dialog that appears. For 'Release Upgrade' choose 'Normal Releases'. Now, when you run Update Manager, and click 'Check', the option to upgrade to version 8.10 should appear. Regards, David Collins Hint: I have had a problem with the screen-saver with 2 upgrades.  If you will be leaving the PC during the process (it can take a long time), it might help to kill the screensaver process before you start. <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 9:28 AM, leegold <<a href="mailto:leegold@fastmail.fm">leegold@fastmail.fm</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, Newbie type question. I have 8.04. I think there's a new ver 8.10. I update with amazing ease with Synaptic Update, but how do update from 8.04 to 8. 10? It seems like installing 8.10 from an .iso will wipe out  all my 8.04(?) Thanks, Lee G. -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>