On 04/05/12 07:00, kpb wrote:
On 03/05/12 23:22, Alan Pope wrote:
If everyone just re-installed the OS whenever the wind changed
direction we'd end up with a significantly worse OS as a result. When
everyone keeps telling everyone else to reinstall, we end up with the
state that Windows is in. Everyone thinks that's the solution, and it
isn't, by some margin. My advice is if you don't know how to fix
something, find someone who does, don't just bulldoze the house down
and build another one when a pipe leaks.
Hello Alan and all
Right ok, this has challenged a basic assumption I have been making
since the days of 6.06/8.04. Assumptions are meant to be challenged of
course, so that's fine.
I have always had a separate /home and reinstalled when changing
version. I have done that partially because that was the advice when
using Mac OS before I started using Ubuntu, and partially from advice
about Ubuntu that was around then.
During 12.04 testing there were appeals from Canonical people and
Ubuntu members to get involved in iso testing, especially installation
using 'default settings', so I did.
What would be the best way to contribute during the 12.10 cycle? Are
you suggesting that I should have a test box that I keep 12.04 on and
then try upgrading it to 12.10 at regular intervals? My recollection
is that an upgrade path does not become available until late in testing.
You can upgrade now - I have a 12.10 partition up.
I use these commands to do so
sudo sed -i 's/precise/quantal/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update&& sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
I follow the u+1 sub-forum on ubuntuforums as well - tend to have a look
prior to any updates after that.
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=416
Hope that helps
Piskie
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