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Has anyone worked with Ubuntu 9.10?

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by strayer 1 view

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I will be updating the "tech" computer which is not a production computer next week.
There are three older computers running 9.04 just fine on the floor now.
Will I have trouble with them if I upgrade?
Ubuntu saved one computer from the scrap heap and is now the print server for the MACs.

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by michael jay

but there is no telling if you will have trouble till you do it, note that it may take several hours to do the upgrade depending on your network speed.

by strayer

I canceled the distro update on the tech computer as it would take over two hours. I will update the 3 on the floor one at a time. The broadband speed in the room is excellent.
The Compaq pentium III is on manual shut down with 9.04 It was donated and it has done well.
I can always do a clean 9.04 install. I just wanted to see if this was a prudent move.

by poppatab

I've been running 9.04 in triple boot, just waiting for the latest greatest. I'm a windows person, but I don't see much that cannot be done with Linux. Ubuntu, Mandriva can both be used very easily save for a few games that cannot use wine to emulate. There are programs that just have to have windows because there is no Linux port. Not going to argue which is best because I can use the best of both worlds.

by madsmaddad

It is an entirely new beast. I upgraded my home computer from 9.04 to 9.10 over the wireless link, and now (a known fault according to the forums) the wireless does not work. It's faster, but can't do anything.

Like doing MS upgrades, don't you test them before you release them to production machines?

by ---tk---

I recently upgraded an older machine of mine this past weekend (to the latest and greatest 9.10).

The install went smooth, but the OS required ALOT of work after the upgrade... I will be reverting back to 9.04.
- /etc/sudoers - I had to edit, just to use sudo
- 3D desktop effects ran... but was very choppy.
- 90% of my custom tweaks/mods were shot to hell (SSH, apache2, squid... list could go on)

So for now I will be going back to 9.04, on this machine. Keep in mind that this is a AMD 1.6 Ghz, 3 Gigs of RAM, old Nvidia PCI GFX card...
On a newer machine 9.10 would be better suited... but for older systems, I would not recommend upgrading. Thank god this was just a test machine...

by bigjohnlg

I have an older home built 2 core Intel w/2 gigs, Nvidia 512 MB AGP and the upgrade went smoothly. 9.10 is my only OS.
Just had to add a few tweaks. All hardware working first time. Firefox 3.5.4 showed up as default. Loaded all bookmarks back in with Xmarks. Jacked up visual goodies to max.
Love it.

by strayer

I'll try it on the tech machine, it's not a production machine. The 3 machines on the floor can stay at 9.04.
The tech machine is a donate, an off brand, 512 memory, has to be at least 5-6 years old.
Thanks

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