Finally, I found the time to upgrade my version of Ubuntu from 6.10 (Edgy Eft) to 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) today. Although it took quite some time to finish (my slow ISP is the culprit), the upgrade over the network was relatively painless. My laptop now feels like brand new again.
This was actually my first time to upgrade over the network. In the past, I would reformat my drive and do a clean install of the latest Ubuntu version. This time I opted for the network upgrade because I wanted to have a first-hand experience of how easy it is to accomplish the job.
All my files, my apps, my preferences, my tweaks – everything remained intact after the upgrade. This is a very good thing, because this means that I do not have to reinstall the codecs, the plug-ins and the apps that I manually installed in the previous version.
The only app I needed to upgrade manually was Automatix. Not a big deal though. All I needed to do was download this and let my package manager automatically remove the previous version and replace it with the latest.
Overall, I can say that Feisty really rocks. I’ve tried quite a few distros over the years, and not one comes close to the quality, hardware compatibility and ease-of-use that Ubuntu provides.
SUPER SPIDERWEB good, goooood very….
Comment by ROSES — April 24, 2007 @ 3:08 pm |
To my surprise, i got my live Ubuntu CD from Belgium and i successfully installed the distro last night. The cd came with Ubuntu stickers and i am tempted to banner it on my forehead like the Pharisees’ phylacteries. i owe it to you – the encouragement and change. My initial chaos with Fedora Core simply signals a change for the better.As regards personal blogging, i don’t see any deep existential reason yet for doing it, in addition to the inner caveat of being electronically medicated (as in your prayer of spending more time pimping the site than listening to our neighbors). For the meantime, i sense it sufficient being your critical contributor. Way to go, Ubuntu!
Comment by A. Mozol — May 5, 2007 @ 7:49 am |