Lucid Lynx will be released in 12 days. I suggest that you wait until then.
Andre On 17 April 2010 13:55, Geoffrey <[email protected]> wrote: > I am about to buy a new PC with a blank HDD which is to be installed > with Ubuntu. Bearing in mind that 10.04 is on the horizon how should I > go about this? > My existing working PC has 9.10 (fully upgraded of course) and its home > directory is backed up on an external HDD. This PC will continue to be > used unchanged in a different home location and in a secondary role and > will be upgraded to 10.04 in due course of time. > I prefer to load Ubuntu from a CD as my internet service plan is limited > to 1 Gb. > I see several ways of installing Ubuntu on the new PC: > 1. Install 9.10 (hopefully in current upgrade state) now from a CD > that I will have to order and get from Ubuntu-AU. > Load in the home directory files from the external HDD. > Load all the programs currently used by me via Synaptic Package > Manager. > Upgrade to 10.04 when it is released for the working computer. By the > way when is that to be? > 2. Wait for 10.04 and install on the new PC when a CD becomes available > through Ubuntu-AU. > Load in the home directory files from the back up on the external > HDD > (will this work in the new version of Ubuntu?). > Load all the programs currently used by me via Synaptic Package > Manager. > 3. Have the local computer shop copy the contents of my existing PC's > HDD (9.10 + installed programs and files) on to the new PC's HDD. > Upgrade to 10.04 when it is released for the working computer. > > I would like the process to be seamless and maybe one of more of the > above ways may have problems. > Your advice/experience would be appreciated. > Geoffrey > > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >
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