Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Any issues in upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic without a clean install?

I have done both a fresh installation and an upgrade. The big differences
are with file systems and grub.

If you are using ext3 and want to use ext4 it is easier to do a fresh
installation than try to convert ext3 to ext4. Also if you want to encrypt
your home directory it is easier to do this with a fresh installation.

As for grub, when you do a fresh installation Ubuntu will give you grub2 but
if you do an upgrade it will keep legacy grub.

Recently, I was experiencing some problems with a few applications. I have
re-used my home folder for several years so there is lots of junk on it. I
showed my hidden folders and deleted the settings for those applications and
it fixed them all. So re-using home is convenient, but a periodic cleanup is
also advantageous.

On the subject of switching to Karmic, you need to do a risk assessment,
like you would do with investments. No upgrade is guaranteed to work as well
as the previous one. Things change. A new kernel can cause problems. A
different video driver can send you back to a lower resolution, etc. If
things are perfect and you are happy, you need to weigh what Karmic gives
you as a trade off and assume that you will have at least one glitch.

Roy

2009/11/22 Trevor Pearson <trev15evil@yahoo.co.uk>

>
>
> dbneeley wrote:
> >
> >
> > Greetings!
> >
> > Now that the "Karmic" series has been out a month or so, I am
> > contemplating the move from Kubuntu Jaunty to Kubuntu Karmic.
> > Previously, I did a clean install each time. This time, I am thinking of
> > doing an in-place upgrade.
> >
> > Have any of you folks done the in-place upgrade, and if so, were there
> > any problems or complications you ran into?
> >
> > I appreciate the info...
> >
> > David
> >
>
> Hi,
> Many people have had a problem with X, leaving them with broken systems,
> it is caused by having propitiatory drivers on the machine such as the
> nvidia and ati graphics drivers. It leaves you with a flashing login
> prompt and intermittent keyboard reading which prevents you from loging on.
>
> Trev
>
>

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