[ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

[Barry Drake]

On 07/04/12 15:40, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> I would like to have a go but need a little helpful advice, please. I 
> have Ubuntu 11.04 on my desktop computer and wondered if there is a 
> simple way to install the version of Ubuntu to be tested along side 
> the version I use. Thanks Norman 

I put a second hard-drive into my desktop pc way, way back.  My system 
is to have the current version running on one hard drive, and the 
testing version on the other.  I do regular backups onto a third (1GiB) 
drive.  Precise has been so stable and reliable that I deleted 10.10 
completely and currently am running only Precise (not to be 
recommended).  I always set for dual-boot so when the testing version 
has problems, I can boot into the stable version and still get to all my 
data.

I can wholeheartedly recommend having a go with the Unity testing 
thingy.  I've learnt so much that I never knew could be done in Unity 
that the exercise has been immensely useful, and I haven't quite 
finished yet.  If you can't have two drives running, then you could 
partition your drive into three (you only need one swap partition), and 
still dual boot.  It is harder to set up though, and please don't try 
unless you have all your data safely stored somewhere.

Regards,        Barry.


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