> (((((Thanks x 10) x 10) x 10) x 10) x 10)! > and welcome back from albania. I'm sure you must have some > stories from that experience! Any blog URL's?
I'll have to post my pics sometime. My blog is a paper one so it's my-eyes-only atm. > > And what are you doing up at 3-4AM? I though everyone in UT > was getting up around that time:) We party hard, what can I say? It was only two actually. > > > Anyhow, good hearing from you and thanks for the pointers. > > > http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ > > http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ > > > > > You have to use the Alternate CD to perform an upgrade Edgy Eft Alternate > > > http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/edgy/ubuntu-6.10-alternate-i386.iso > > gksu sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade > Have to d/l 700M worth of what, a customized edgy release? Just to upgrade > to a higher release? I guess I misunderstood. I thought you were saying that you needed to upgrade to edgy to then upgrade to fiesty and so forth and couldn't find the edgy iso. The alternate cds can be used to install desktop or server or to upgrade. ubuntu only supports a version for so many years, my guess is that edgy expired. > what does above cd do? Since its not f,g or h? Does it just all the > updating needed prior to upgrading? > And was this a cheap alternative to having to maintain > archive.ubuntu.com/dists/edgy > And, since i'm ranting: love the choices - the 'Desktop CD' is a bare > workstation but with the UI/Desktop apps > and the 'Server CD' has no WM? Why they cant go the RH route and let one > choose all from one CD is beyond > me. Or am i missing something, feature-wise? The desktop CDs are LiveCDs, the Server CDs are not, neither are the Alternate cds. The difference between any 'buntu and the next is just the repo and meta-package that it uses. If you want to switch from ubuntu to kubuntu and then to xubuntu or server or desktop all you have to do is uncheck the ubuntu-desktop in synaptic and check kubuntu-server, etc. Assuming that you didn't install any software of your own choosing that is dependant on gnome, the entire gnome desktop will disappear and be entirely replaced by a kubuntu server. For edubuntu and a few others you're just adding a repo. Some 'buntus aren't distro's, they're just repos. I think that Mint is it's own distro, while medibuntu is just a repo with about 30 software packages in it that have been removed from hardy due to copyright issues (that's right, they took out libdecss /again/ and it's not even in universe / "bad" or restricted / "ugly". > > My whole reason for asking for a CD was that i'm maxing out on my 17Gb FAP > and my ISP has a 30-day rolling-window; > meaning that if i exceed it, i go into dial-up speeds for longer than i > care to be. Well, the hardy Alternate CD is what you're looking for then. If you rm -rf ~/.gconf* and any other app config dirs after the upgrade I imagine that it will work just fine. All of my problems were Desktop Environment related as far as I could tell and simply logging in as new user seemed to solve them. You also might want to take a look at that script I have if you want to keep DVD video support, etc - or visit the medi-buntu site yourself. > > > I've got a script here that installs the medibuntu repo, google repo, > apps > > that boost inter-system (windows) compatibility and a small number of > other > > useful things: > > http://twdp.hobby-site.org/pub/ubuntu/media-ubuntu.sh > How do you like m'buntu? How does it stack up to g or h? My file is a misnomer, it's just a script that I use primarily to add media "ugly" support, windows compat, and a few tweaks like adblock. I'm running Ubuntu Hardy.
