[ubuntu-us-mi] New to the list

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---------- Original Message ----------
From: Julia Christianson <julia at nscjc.net>
To: Ubuntu Michigan Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-mi] New to the list
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:30:52 -0400

I'm new to the list myself (hi, folks) ... been using Linux since late 
'98 and Ubuntu since ... um ... I forget; three or four years now.  New 
to Michigan, though; we moved to southwest Michigan in June.

I've always favored doing a fresh install to a new disk.  I leave the 
old disk in the machine and copy things to the new disk as I need them. 
  The problem I've found with keeping the home directory is that 
sometimes your settings aren't the optimal ones for new versions of the 
programs you use; of course that's fixable after the fact if you realize 
what the problem is.  Copying stuff as I need it helps with 
housekeeping, too.  Eventually I'll take out the old drive and put it 
away for a long term archive.

However, if you do go ahead and upgrade and something breaks, I'm sure 
you can find help to fix it.  There's a ton of community resources 
available, and most people really want to help.

-- Julia


Aaron VanSledright wrote:
> the best way i found to upgrade is to backup your home folder to an 
> alternate location or do a setup with root /home and /swap all on 
> separate partitions. and then just do a full install. By saving your 
> home directory you keep all of your settings for all your programs
> 
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Bruce Graham <bgraham at wadia.com 
> <mailto:bgraham at wadia.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I've been using Ubuntu for about 10 months.  Shortly after firing up the
>     machine which came with 9.04 I tried to upgrade to 9.10 and broke the
>     sound card.  Now that 10.10 is out I'd like to try the upgrade again but
>     I want to try and do it in a reversible way in case the problem with the
>     sound card is still not fixed.  Alternatively since I am a software
>     developer, maybe with a little help I could find an fix the problem
>     myself.  Any takers?
> 
>     Bruce
> 
> 
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