On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:03:20 -0700 (PDT) phidia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If gOS is ubuntu based (and it is) I don't understand why you can't > upgrade it to the latest release. > Upgrading is available in Ubuntu & debian through apt or upgrade > manager. [snipped] I think you have misunderstood how the upgrade works. gOS is based on Ubuntu, but it has much of its base system different. An upgrade with apt-get or aptitude works with the packages in the repositories, and these are different for Ubuntu and gOS. The whole design of gOS is web-heavy to make it easier for many new users to Linux, and many applications in Ubuntu to be unnecessary. If you are successful in upgrading through the Ubuntu repositories, you will get Ubuntu, not gOS. Currently, the repositories in gOS will not allow upgrading, but they have said work is proceeding to enable this to be done. An incompatibility found in the wubi updater is the stumbling block, I believe. As to the Ubuntu family and Debian, the waters become more muddied. Ubuntu is widely regarded as a fork of Debian. Debian packages are formed according to particular rules, which are slightly different with Ubuntu. Most .deb packages are exchangeable between both systems, but some are not. So, even if gOS can be updated to Ubuntu, it would not always be compatible with Debian.... -- Graham Todd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
