Hi Rion, I have Dapper and Hardy (plus my /home directory) installed on different partitions on my laptop (this is all Paul Flint's handiwork). I like Hardy but keep Dapper around for a couple of reasons, the most outstanding is that Hardy comes with Firefox 3 beta (recently upgraded to RC1) and the new browser is NOT yet compatible with my bank's online access.
I hope when he gets online, he'll have advice you can actually use. Just wanted to warn you about a possible frying pan=>fire situation. I have had problems sync-ing my my Evolution mail from Dapper to Hardy, also. This seems fixable, but isn't as yet. Otherwise, I can now migrate from D to H (skipping E-F-G, woo hoo!) at my leisure. Rick --- Rion D'Luz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greets to all: > > Well, for all the times I swore to revert back to slackware > but held fast to > 'buntu for its comprehensive driver-set and 'just works' ease > of use, i now > find myself in a quandry (or maybe just uninformed and in the > dark). > > My 'buntu experience started initially with dapper and i let a > couple of releases > pass before attempting to upgrade, only to find out that i had > to go from d->e to get to f(eisty) > So i up'd via the net to edgy (some months back); it went > smooth enough, but just barely. > There's been plenty of posts of others' bad experiences, so > I've been somewhat reluctant to up further, > and, to get up to h(ardy) discovered that i have to go from > e->f->g. What a PITA! > > Now, to add insult to injury, i discovered the other day that > the entire edgy archive has gone > missing. Kaput, vanished. I cant even do an 'apt-get update', > which is advised before doing any upgrades. > (and s/edgy/feisty/g in sources.list is NOT recommended). > Its as if fc5, or Cent4, was pulled from the RH shelves. What > i find strange in all this is that there > is no mention on the ubuntu website proper and no hits on > google (where's edgy). Yet > archive.ubuntu.com/dists/ contains dapper,feisty,gutsy,hardy - > no edgy > > > So, a) with a hardy CD in hand, can i upgrade directly from > edgy? and b) does anyone have a hardy CD > that i can borrow? or Gutsy even? > > TIA > Rion > > -- > email: rion_at_dluz.com > web: > http://dluz.com/Rion/ > AIM/Jabber/Google: > riondluz > Phone: 802.644.2255 > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/126/769 > > Build a man a fire, he's warm for one night. Set him on fire, > and he's warm for the rest of his life. > >
