On Sun, 28 Sep 2014, Mark Rogers wrote:
On 27 September 2014 19:52, James Freer jessejazza3.uk@gmail.com wrote:
In place upgrades is something I've not done as... from what I've read it's not recommended.
I don't see any fundamental reason why an in place upgrade should cause any more problems than any apt-get upgrade except that more things get upgraded in one go. And I've never had any problems that weren't related to the new distro itself (eg that it no longer supported my old video hardware), ie they'd have hit me regardless of whether I upgraded or went for a fresh install. A quick spin up from a LiveCD before the upgrade is a good idea for that reason (although I'm normally too lazy to bother). My attitude is that as long as important stuff is backed up I should try the in-place upgrade, and if it breaks I wipe and do a clean install, which is where I would have started anyway otherwise.
Hi Mark
All I was referring to is the volume of problems folk seem to have had on the ubuntu mailing list. If you're happy with *buntu fine we don't need to fall out. Linux is about choice and I'm no longer using *buntu.
james