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Old 10-30-2006, 07:39 AM   #1
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Newbie Needs Upgrade Advice Please


Hi guys,

This is my first ever post to this forum; I am a newbie to linux, using it for about two months.

I'm using Ubuntu 6.06 and would like to upgrade to 6.10; I have a couple of questions please:

1) I have a 1.5ghz 256mb ram laptop and 6.06 runs pretty fast; how well would I be able to run 6.10? I tried installing it from CD but gave up as the installer was too slow.

2) Could I upgrade from 6.06 to 6.10 by just clicking the 'updates available' icon form the Ubuntu toolbar? Also, I've got 6.06 set up just as I like it, with a cool OS X theme; whatever method I use to upgrade, will the installation keep all my settings or wipe them all?

Thanks very much in advance for any advice...
 
Old 10-30-2006, 08:32 AM   #2
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Well you dont really need to upgrade to 6.10 as 6.06 is the Long Term Support release. As for it taking away things i upgraded and didnt have any problems with it changing my files or anything. There are different ways to upgrade too not just the cd.

Ignore the post below for some reason i accidently double posted

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Old 10-30-2006, 08:35 AM   #3
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Well you dont really need to upgrade to 6.10 as 6.06 is the Long Term Support release. As for it taking away things i upgraded and didnt have any problems with it changing my files or anything. There are different ways to upgrade too not just the cd.
 
Old 10-30-2006, 08:41 AM   #4
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Newbie Needs Upgrade Advice Please

Thanks very much for the advice; do you know if upgrading via update manager (using 6.06) will install xgl?

I've got a really cool Mac OS X theme on my laptop and I think the spinning cube thing would look great!!

Is it hard to configure? I tried SLED 10 and it was enabled by ticking a checkbox; would it be the same process in Ubuntu?

Again, thanks for any help...
 
Old 10-30-2006, 12:32 PM   #5
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I dont know i upgraded using apt-get. As for the xgl i have no idea maybe someone with more experience can help you out there.
 
Old 10-30-2006, 06:40 PM   #6
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To install Xgl follow this guide
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy
 
  


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