After some discussions about my current 64bit 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon install, http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-64bit-673228/, I'm thinking about reformatting and installing 64bit 8.04 Hardy Herron (I think that's what it's called.)

Does anybody have any compelling reason to do that? Anybody with specific experiences to share?

Thanks . . .

If you need more than 4 GB of RAM you need to upgrade to 64 bit. There is no Sun Java Plug-in, Java Web Start, or Java Control Panel supported on 64-bit systems. For Java Plug-in, Java Web Start support on 64-bit systems, use the 32-bit JRE.

A small thing but Hardy gives you the option of skipping the recurring bootup hard drive checks as they are starting during the bootup process. Handy if you're in a hurry to get on for a quick check of email, etc or you've already booted up once or twice on a particular day. A time saver sometimes -- nice. Cheers.

Hmmm... reboot? bootup? What's that??



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Compelling ... ???
Obviously not, or you would have done it already.

I tend to run up new versions on a test partition, and roll-out other systems as needed. The last 2 releases of Ubuntu have been full of holes as far as (latest/recent) hardware is concerned. Looks like rushed out to meet a promised release date.
If you run with /home on a separate partition, you should be able to install the new version and use the same users account(s). Either install to a new partition and use the common /home, or just slap it over the top of the current system. Can be reversed in need (note, re-install not update) - requires the alternate CD as install medium.
FWIW I still have a Gutsy system that I refused to upgrade at the release of Hardy - will get around to it sometime.

are u perhaps talking about fsck checks - like 1 in over 30 or so reboots??

Thos checks can be disabled in any distro or changed u know, u just gotta manually edit certain files..

Yes I was referring to the fsck checks. I realized the frequency of these checks could be altered. Just thought that, not everyone wants to go the route of altering files like fsck and messing with their system. In that case the option on startup would appeal to some of the newcomers (although by the look of the original post Itsjustme is anything but a noob -- much more advanced than I). As I originally said, its just a small point. Didn't think it would get much response except as one small point within the big picture. Cheers.

One reason to upgrade from 7.10 is that support will dry up some time in the near future while Hardy is LTS, i.e. supported for the next three years.

Another reason to update is that the Ubuntu team seem to have decided to re-introduce a 32 bit firefox (I have both versions now) so that one can enjoy full plug-in support.

Well, tonight I tried to install 8.04 64bit on the computer I had in mind. It came with Vista Home Basic on the 80GB drive that came with it and I had installed a 500GB drive in it and installed the 7.10 64bit on that drive. So, it was a dual boot, but I never went back to the Vista boot.

Anyway, I threw in the 8.04 CD, with the intention of starting from scratch and getting rid of the Vista part and making the 500GB drive a data drive, and then sat back and watched some stupid (initramfs) thing pop up on the screen. It never got to a point where I could get to a command prompt or anything. I googled around on it and didn't see any... "oh, to fix that just do this..." The solutions were to break into the installation and tweak this and tweak that.... ... and good luck!

So, I went back to the 7.10 64bit and installed it with no problem (getting rid of the vista that was there.)

So, I guess I see no compelling reason to go to 8.04 on that machine. I do have 8.04 installed on a laptop. There was no problem there.

Once I got 7.10 re-installed, I went outside and had a couple of beers and a Pepin Garcia blue label cigar... All is well. Carry on.