14.04 upgrade problems

[John R. Sowden]

 From what I have been seeing on mainly this list, there have been a lot 
of problems upgrading to 14.04.  I have 2 computers that I have 
upgraded, and I am having problems with both.

The first one, at my office, I have had to boot the previous version 
(13.10) on a separate partition in order to use it.  14.04 crashes.  I 
have written about this, but have been unable to fix it.  I plan to 
install a clean version and hopefully pull my data over.  I am unsure 
about config files, other programs that I have installed, etc.

The other computer just started having problems 2 nights ago.  After I 
have logged in, I get a window saying there is a problem, and I am given 
2 options, report or not, no details button.  Last night I was presented 
with this window about 4 times. Then I get the more familiar window with 
the apology, and I can report or cancel, and I get a details window. 
Unfortunately all I get is a program name, not any details about the 
error.  The program was apt-get.  I also got the prior error message 
while was downloading my mail, using TB.

With all of these, I click on report and go forward.  The OS has not 
crashed, so I don't know what is going on.

It seems that the best solution to these upgrades might be to do a clean 
install.  I have read about people recommending this before.  Is there a 
web site that gives the step by step process to do this while keeping 
all of the data?  I could print it out have execute it every 6 months.

John