Ubuntu Intrepid

[Timothy Webster]

Downgrading is not easy, but is is possible. 

If you experienced debian/ubuntu user, I can easily walk you through what I do. If not and you need hand holding and are in the Vancouver area, let me know. Perhaps we have un-intrepid meeting. Yes I agree hardy is quite good. 

Step one. Edit /etc/apt/source.list and /etc/apt/source.list.d/*
If you don't know what I am talking about you are newbee. And you will need some hand holding. 

Step two.  Capture the installed packages. You should have did this before upgraded dpkg --get-selections > listofdpkgs

Step three. Downgrade pkgs. You may have to uninstall and reinstall. If you don't know how to install a particular version using aptitude or apt-get you will need hand holding. 

Step four. Prase ubuntu for their great software, but wish you used continual updating releases, like debian, rather than bundled upgrades.

Enjoy ubuntu

Tim



--- On Mon, 11/3/08, Andrew Mathenge <mathenge at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Andrew Mathenge <mathenge at gmail.com>
Subject: Ubuntu Intrepid
To: "The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community" <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 9:55 AM

I upgraded from Hardy to Intrepid over the weekend and I'm going
back to Hardy. For one thing, the nVidia drivers in Intrepid are not
stable. I keep loosing my title bars and video playback is choppy.

There are some minor cosmetic changes to the menu which aren't
that appealing.

My Hardy system was very stable except for Firefox which would
crash and disappear without warning from time to time. I also had
problems with Synaptic which solved themselves over time.

Perhaps the problems that I'm having with Intrepid will eventually
go away, but since Hardy is a long term support release I think
I can wait a few more months before trying this again.

Does anyone know if there's a way to backup customisations that
I've made to various parts of my system or will I have to manually
re-do them? For example, I've added applications to the panel along
the top of my GNOME screen and customised the way they
launch.

My system is a Dell Latitude D620.

I'd be curious to hear about other's upgrade experience.

Cheers!

Andrew.

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