[klug] Ubuntu Upgrade

[Peter Dinnan]

Oh, after a bit of hunting via google I can answer my own question and
that is 'yes'

...err, hoping I haven't gone down the path of no return  :-)
Peter


On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 17:42 +1300, Peter Dinnan wrote:
> I was thinking of taking the plunge and upgrading my laptop - and
> leaving the desktop 'puter alone (Dapper 6.06) as I do all my pro work
> on it - however, I don't think I'll bother now  ;-)
> 
> Slightly off topic: I've installed the 686-smp kernel (on my desktop
> box) via synaptic package manager ...is it safe to uninstall the 386
> kernel? Everything, so far, appears to be working.
> 
> Cheers,
> Peter
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 21:40 +1300, leo at ihug.co.nz wrote:
> > actually my response was premature- booting to 6.06 after
> > upgrading to 6.10 still causes my 256mb laptop to slow to
> > useless speed if I try the update option.
> > 
> > cheers
> > Leo
> > 
> > > Peter your advice to wait for the edgy eft version to
> > > settle is well founded - I did the upgrade, and now find
> > > my laptop has become very slow with excessive disk
> > > thrashing, I guess because version 6.10 is memory hungry.
> > > Fortunately I can choose to boot into 6.06 again  at
> > > startup and the laptop is as good as ever. I may be
> > > upgrading RAM sometime soon...
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > Leo
> > >
> > > > Any Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 users wanting to upgrade to
> > > > the just released Edgy Eft 6.10 the command is;
> > > >
> > > > gksu "update-manager -c"
> > > >
> > > > Your Update Manager will then launch with the 6.10
> > > > upgrade added.
> > > >
> > > > Myself, I'm gonna wait ...bugs and all  :-)
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > >
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