There is a 32 bit ubuntu 8.10 lying in 10.10.4.1/tmp
and mega download...
u can use local repo at poorvi(for hardy)
(there was a post about it before also)
u can download at 1 mbps speed...
i would myself favour a fresh install...although your personal
settings will be lost
On Nov 16, 10:21 am, "sentient.being" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >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.
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