>8.04 is the LTS (long time support? = 3 years) version. Just for information, what does LTS include? Does it mean they implement all software upgrades for an LTS? anything else?
> I would seriously suggest you do a fresh installation instead of upgrading. >If you have a separate /home partition and don't format it, yes, they'll be >intact. oh no....I have everything dumped into just one partition. So all softwares will be deleted? It took me about 6 months to get everything working the way I liked... why would a fresh installation be preferable to upgrading? >Initially yes. You'll have some security updates and stuff. My guess would be >that it will come out to be 200 to 300 MBs of size. I have a desktop. So all downloading has to be done via the hostel connection...but why should downloads even be required when we have the dvd? All this is now making me advert to the idea of upgrading. Do I really need it? Is it more stable/has more features? Would softwares like virtualization have more support in it? My work in Intel lab mainly impressed me with new version, but most of it would be the flashy interface. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- group http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
