Comments on: Why Wait. Upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 Now

By: ulyssesr

ulyssesr — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:32:00 +0000

aYo, I’m glad it’s working out for you. From my understanding, the Notifier only works if you use Empathy to send and receive messages, or Evolution as your email client or Pidgin if you have it installed.

By: aYo

aYo — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:18:10 +0000

My upgrade from Intrepid to Jaunty was problem free in terms of general OS performance. Having said that some of the features did not appear as they were supposed to – the Notifier was one I remember – other than that, all was well. From what has been said on this post though, I think I’ll hold my horses till the 30th and do a fresh reinstall of Koala.
Ubuntu just ROCKS!!!!

By: ulyssesr

ulyssesr — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:46:11 +0000

I’m glad it worked out for you. Initially, I had some issues (read my previous comments above) initially with the Beta version, but ever since Release Candidate came out, it has been working like a charm. 9.10 is a great release. 3 more days to go!

By: nfaical3

nfaical3 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:40:14 +0000

ubuntu work perfectly (upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04 )

By: ulyssesr

ulyssesr — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:57:43 +0000

Garry, If I ever do a clean install in the future, I’ll let you know.

By: ulyssesr

ulyssesr — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:56:44 +0000

Chris, It seems like it’s too much work every time a new version of Ubuntu comes out which is every six months. There has to be a better way to upgrade in my opinion. I certainly understand the merits of a clean install, but to each his own. I’m going to stay this route until my desktop explodes.

By: Garry

Garry — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:13:44 +0000

I no longer trust the upgrade feature. This was what I did from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04. I had plenty of weird issues that I could never solve. After a clean install, all the problems disappeared.

The the author of this post: do the upgrade like you said above. Then two months later, please come back and let us know how you feel

By: Chris Ros

Chris Ros — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:45:52 +0000

I have been using Ubuntu for three years and never been able to upgrade to a newer version from an older version with satisfaction. I always do a “clean” install, from CD, when the official release comes.

It is a little more work to move all your old data to the new version and reinstall all the applications and do the reconfigurations. I see this more like a refreshment of my memory how I once installed applications and scripts. Afterwards the Ubuntu “runs” as a steady as a clock.

This is my vote but I know there are a lot of Ubuntu friends who are very skillful and can manipulate Ubuntu as a “piece of cake”. Looking very much for the new release.

By: ulyssesr

ulyssesr — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:55:47 +0000

Litho,

I think I will go that route eventually. I’ve had 3 crashes since I’ve installed 9.10, but then again I’m using a beta version. I understood the risks when I did the upgrade. Yes, nothing like a fresh clean install, but I’ll wait until the final release.

By: Litho

Litho — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:31:49 +0000

Update-manager -d broke my entire Ubuntu partition once, so I’m a bit cautious.

Either way, I’m planning to do a clean, fresh install of 9.10 this time (already backed up my essential files and Home folder)

There’s nothing like a crisp, freshly brewed install.

Having said that, I’m primarily a Debian user, though.