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Yesterday, I did an upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 on my laptop. So far, no problems. Upgrade was smooth and things are running well.
If anybody is thinking about making the jump prior to the release, I recommend waiting. The number (and size) of updates is heavy right now.
Too late. I'm a 1-week old Ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala newbie who is migrating from Windows. I was pretty proficient in windows, but not an expert. I now feel "Linux mentally challenged".
I did a dual boot on an old Dell Dimension 2400 and the install went very well. However, Ubuntu is kinda quirky on this machine. I'd like to kick MS to the curb, but the Ubuntu bugs make me question whether to stick with the Windows I know, but hate.
I can see the long-term potential of Ubuntu/Linux and I can envision what I need to do to effectuate a complete dismissal of Windows for Ubuntu, but if I can't get past these initial bugs that freeze my desktop and force a hard reboot, what's the point?
Cruising the FAQ and help forums, it appears I've migrated at the worst possible time and walked into a slew of beta-test features that are a precursor to the anticipated 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS distro. I don't know if I can maintain interest that long, before I can experience the satisfaction of a stable Ubuntu desktop. I WANT to, but I don't know...
You guys are amazing with all your techno-talk. It's like a foreign language, and I'm trying to figure out what you're saying. I think I'm gonna have to lurk awhile and try to learn the lingo.
Until then, any volunteers to "mentor" me and help speed up the stability of my Ubuntu desktop? Thanks guys...
Anybody having issues with 9.10 should not hesitate to install 9.04 which may get rid of any bugs that have been recently introduced. However, many of these bugs may very well be issues with your video driver (ATI or NVidia) and there are definitely fixes out there.
Not entirely, no - in fact I'm somewhat suspicious of the KB/mouse hardware as it's a completely pointless Logitech wireless rig - the only replacement I could find with PS/2 leads and decent keys. It has a long cable to the sensor, and is apparently susceptible to electrical interference. That said, it *was* working for a month or more with no problems.
Here's where I am now.
As the first step to whatever the ultimate solution is, I backed up everything, nuked all the partitions bar \home and the winXP partitions, and reinstalled 9.04 completely - thinking if that fails, try 9.10, them Debian, and so on. It worked perfectly for a few days, and has since locked at the grub menu once, but I let it run to the Ubuntu default and that worked perfectly. What I was most often seeing with the old set up was the converse - grub menu accessible, KB and mouse locked at the graphical login screen (couldn't even get to a terminal).
I was doing a lot of switching back and forth checking stuff during the backup process, and I never had windows login screen lock up on me in the same way, though it was typically a start sequence of from LiveCD, reboot to grub, with about a 50% failure rate at the Ubuntu login screen after the grub boot.
So I'm up and running but it's still a mystery, so I'm in watch mode for a while.