usalabs
March 3rd, 2011, 11:16 AM
This is what I found, if anyone wants to upgrade from 10.04LTS (Lucid Lynx) to 10.10, and have already customized their 10.04,,,, the upgrade WILL fail,,, upgrades can only be performed if the original installation from CD/Network was performed and no customization or settings changed,, change just one setting or add a piece of software, then the upgrade WILL fail, and a complete reformat and install of the new version is required.
Unlike Windows, Linux upgrades do not allow the upgrade if ANY part of the operating system has deviated from its original install.
Windows, will upgrade regardless of if the desktop has changed,,,, non generic hardware drivers are installed, or any programs installed, when a windows upgrade is finished one still has their software, drivers, desktop, documents, videos and images ALL still intact, can that be said about Linux upgrades?, I don't think so.
So,, personally, I would completely load up an Ubuntu machine first, and try the upgrade procedures,,,before making an upgrade available.
As the upgrade from 10.04LTS to 10.10 can not be performed, I shall be continually using 10.04LTS until such times as it no longer is supported, then it'll be time to (even though I despise BG), return back to Windows,, at least upgrading is effortless.
Oh, and before anyone suggests reading the section on upgrading,,, I have already read it, and basically, all that should have said was,,,,"when you first install Ubuntu,,, DO NOT under ANY circumstances, add anything, change anything, download anything or save anything,,, the installation should be as it was when it was first installed,,,,, only THEN can you perform an upgrade.", which to me is a load of BS. an upgrade is an upgrade regardless of what drivers are installed, what hardware, whether software has been installed or removed, or even if the desktop has 3D enabled or not, or whether the desktop settings has been changed, an upgrade should only perform a core system upgrade and leave any personalized settings as is, but no!, a Linux upgrade means completely replacing the entire core and applications, why not just say, "First backup ONLY your documents, videos, and images, then reformat the entire drive, and install the new version", it is pointless to backup the /home/<user> folder because there will be discrepancies between the old version and the new version, and possibly run into permission problems too.
Unlike Windows, Linux upgrades do not allow the upgrade if ANY part of the operating system has deviated from its original install.
Windows, will upgrade regardless of if the desktop has changed,,,, non generic hardware drivers are installed, or any programs installed, when a windows upgrade is finished one still has their software, drivers, desktop, documents, videos and images ALL still intact, can that be said about Linux upgrades?, I don't think so.
So,, personally, I would completely load up an Ubuntu machine first, and try the upgrade procedures,,,before making an upgrade available.
As the upgrade from 10.04LTS to 10.10 can not be performed, I shall be continually using 10.04LTS until such times as it no longer is supported, then it'll be time to (even though I despise BG), return back to Windows,, at least upgrading is effortless.
Oh, and before anyone suggests reading the section on upgrading,,, I have already read it, and basically, all that should have said was,,,,"when you first install Ubuntu,,, DO NOT under ANY circumstances, add anything, change anything, download anything or save anything,,, the installation should be as it was when it was first installed,,,,, only THEN can you perform an upgrade.", which to me is a load of BS. an upgrade is an upgrade regardless of what drivers are installed, what hardware, whether software has been installed or removed, or even if the desktop has 3D enabled or not, or whether the desktop settings has been changed, an upgrade should only perform a core system upgrade and leave any personalized settings as is, but no!, a Linux upgrade means completely replacing the entire core and applications, why not just say, "First backup ONLY your documents, videos, and images, then reformat the entire drive, and install the new version", it is pointless to backup the /home/<user> folder because there will be discrepancies between the old version and the new version, and possibly run into permission problems too.