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Never upgrade Ubuntu. Just reinstall. It's not that user-friendly.

• meatbag 17y ago
  Believe it or not, I've upgraded Ubuntu successfully several times through the GUI. Before Ubuntu 7.x this tended to fail spectacularly though. It's a very friendly process when it works, which admittedly seems contingent on the maturity of the release in question.
  • justindz 17y ago
    I've done the Ubuntu GUI-based in-place upgrade for the last three releases, if I count back correctly. Aside from the usual point issues in peripheral things that show up when you agree to use a beta (spotty sound in one old game, e.g.), the actual upgrade itself has worked correctly every time.
• Nosferax 17y ago
  The concept or way to upgrade it is ok... it's just that it almost always causes a lot more trouble than a clean install. My experiences so far : 6->7 : System failure, unable to boot 8.04 -> 8.10 : Alright overall, a few bugs to fix (most concerned X) 8.10 -> 9.04 : Better, still a few bugs (info tooltips, graphic card drivers)