How do I know which release I have?

[Zach]

I went to wiki.ubuntu.com and searched for "upgrade" and came up with
this informative article:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BreezyUpgradeNotes?highlight=%28upgrade%29

To upgrade in place just follow the instructions for changing your
repositories.  There is no need to download the cd.

I have to say that I have never had an upgrade go perfectly smoothly,
but this is partly because I mess around with the default
configuration a lot and also install a lot of packages from third
party repositories.  However I've never had an upgrade break the
system so badly that I couldn't fix it.  Usually I just run into some
sort of complicated dependency scenario where packages can't be
upgraded because other packages are depending on them which haven't
been upgraded yet.  Usually I just do a complete remove on the
offending package via Synaptic or apt-get then the upgrade will
proceed.  Just don't reboot your system until the upgrade is completed
and is happy.  Then at the end make sure Ubuntu-Desktop is installed
to catch any remaining packages that might have been missed.

Ubuntu is lacking an easy bittorrent client, but the command line one
is functional.  I believe the command line torrent command is
btdownload.  You can either point it at a torrent file you have
downloaded like this:
btdownload filename.torrent
or you can specify where the the torrent file is on the internet with
the --url option like this
btdownload --url http://www.sever.com/filename.torrent
In this case just right click on the torrent link in firefox and click
"copy link location" then after the --url in your gnome terminal just
paste the url in by hitting ctrl+shift-v.

Of course with bittorrent if you have a NAT router on your broadband
connection you need to ensure the bittorrent ports are forwared, but
that's a topic for another thread.

On 11/3/05, Kipton Moravec <kip at kdream.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 15:14 +1300, David A' Rebel wrote:
> > On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:04, Kipton Moravec wrote:
> > > How do I find out what release I have?  The About Ubuntu sends me to a
> > > website.
> > >
> >
> > Easiest way is to ctrl-alt-F1 the top line in the tty tells you. ctrl-alt-F7
> > gets you back to the gui.
> >
>
> O.K. So I have Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog
>
> >
> > > I use Snaptic Package Manager to get upgrades every month. Can it (or
> > > does it) also get the latest version of Ubuntu?
> >
> >  Yes it can but no it doesn't unless you tell it to and point the repositories
> > to the new version.
> >
>
> Where do I find what I have to change to do the upgrade to the latest
> version.
>
> I went to the Wiki and typed "upgrade ubuntu". The search found nothing
> in the titles.
>
> I did find AutomaticUpgrade but that looks like a proposal to have a
> function to do the upgrade, and it seems like there is a lot of problems
> with doing it.
>
> When upgrading from Warty Warthog, do I have to upgrade to Hoary
> Hedgehog then to Breezy Badger, or do I go directly to Breezy Badger?
>
> If I get the download, I am assuming it will give me the option to
> upgrade as opposed to do a fresh install.
>
> The note on the release said to use bittorrent if possible. So I
> installed bittorrent.
>
> The Wiki for bittorrent is a joke. I guess I am installed by snaptic.
> But I have no clue if it is setup.  And where do I find a .torrent? How
> do I start it?
>
> I went to bittorrent FAQ and they said to use a bittorrent search. So I
> typed "5.10" no results. "BreezyBadger" no results. "badger" matched
> something I have no clue to what it is. "Breezy Badger" matched nothing.
> "Ubuntu" gave a list of ISO images.  I am not sure that is what I want.
> Because then I have to figure out how to burn A CD to use it. But at
> least it is progress.
> http://search.bittorrent.com/details.jsp?infohash=C470EA41EB6083056A8CAEC334CBC1237B1B79FF
>
> The documentation said to click on a .torrent to download.  So I clicked
> on it and got the binary on the screen. Not Downloaded using bittorrent.
>
> Why does it have to be so hard to find out how to upgrade?
>
> >
> > >
> > > Finally, does loading a new version kill everything I already have setup
> > > on my computer? Like home directory, samba, networking, email archives,
> > > etc?
> >
> >  If you do a fresh install yes, if you upgrade to the new version no.
> >
> >
> > --
> > *~~~~~DakaR
> > linux user #215413
> >
> --
> Kipton Moravec <kip at kdream.com>
>
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