Upgraded Array 4 vs. Fresh Array 5

[david]

On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 13:01 +1100, Russell Cook wrote:
>I' be careful, unfortunately Array 5 didn't seem as good as 4 in 
>detecting the wireless card in Dad's PC. The live version did, but only 
>when I did a "live-expert" install. The normal array 5 install, i.e. no 
>expert,  didnt' detect the wireless card at all.
>
>I also have a problem in his video card flickers severely everytime 
>something is drawn on the screen and/or the mouse is moved. This doesn't 
>happen in windows. At the moment this means Ubuntu is unusable on his 
>machine.  A pity, as it works great on the 3 machines and on VMWare on 
>my laptop!
>
>Kind Regards Russ
>www.windsorcycles.com.au
>(gedit/ubuntu/gFTP)
>
>
>
>Brian Pack wrote:
>
>>After running and regularly dist-upgrade-ing an Array 4 install, I was 
>>wondering if there was anything to gain from a fresh install of Array 5. 
>>Assuming that as many packages as possible from  the former would also be 
>>installed on the latter.
>>  
>>

I had Array 4 running, fully up to date. Had a few browser problems and
RealPlayer 10 took minutes to open.
I did a clean install of Array 5 last night - slightly disappointed to
discover I then had to download 206 packages to get it back up to date.
(think I may have have misunderstood the dev' cycle - not being a
developer).
Browser problem has gone. Haven't reinstalled Real yet. SLightly irked
at menus not updating very well. Xine and VLC et al don't show up - a
minor detail.
Can't see the difference to be honest. I guess the difference is all
under the hood.

David