Hi :) A fresh install is always better than upgrading. Also the more steps you take the less likely to be satisfactory. It's usually possible to upgrade from 1 LTS to the next LTS without upgrading to all the intermediarry 6monthlies.
There is a neat trick for installing any version over any other version (so you can even go backwards too! 12.04 to 10.04 or whatever). Step 1 is to use a LiveCd session or similar but when you get to the partitioning section choose "Manual" or "Advanced" or "Something else" depending on which version of Ubuntu you are installing. It's always the bottom option. It rescans your drives and lets you choose which partition to use as what. The trick is the crucial part here. DO NOT let it format any partition except for the Swap. So, make sure there are NO ticks in the "Format?" column. Step 2 = after the install is complete. Work out which programs you had installed (or at least those you want) that are not currently installed. A quick look in /home/username at all the .somethings (eg .libreoffice or .config/libreoffice indicates that you have LibreOffice). There are some sub-folders such as .gconf and .mozilla but you only need a hasty skim through, and compare with whatever is (or rather is not) in the menus. It's unclear what people mean by "broken" or "unstable" unless you know the person. One chap (granted he was an office worker) told me his machine was "completely dead" and spent about a week ranting about how bad it all was and how useless tech support was he finally let me onto his machine and i solved it in 3 clicks. So, if you say something is broken or unstable then it's better to give a hint as to what sort of things are going wrong. Otherwise many techies just assume you're an idiot and the instability is user-error because that's what it so often turns out to be. Regards from Tom ) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu 4 dz, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share Status in Club Distro: Confirmed Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: New Status in dylan.NET.Reflection: Invalid Status in dylan.NET: Invalid Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid Status in elementary OS: Confirmed Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid Status in LibreOffice: In Progress Status in The Linux Kernel: New Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: In Progress Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress Status in The Metacity Window Manager: In Progress Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: In Progress Status in Tabuntu: Invalid Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid Status in Tv-Player: Invalid Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project: In Progress Status in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Arch Linux: Confirmed Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid Status in “linux” package in Debian: In Progress Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed Status in openSUSE: In Progress Status in Tilix Linux: New Bug description: Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. Steps to repeat: 1. Visit a local PC store. What happens: 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed. 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. What should happen: 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu. 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all. 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
