Any difference between upgrade and fresh install?

[130R]

Hi,

I have machine that is running freebsd and I am going to put ubuntu on it. If I have 7.04 on a cd already is there any difference between me installing that and then upgrading to 8.04 using the gui compared to downloading 8.04 and installing it directly? Will I end up with the same kernel etc?

Thanks.

[Ayuthia]

In theory, there should be no difference between doing an upgrade or doing a fresh install. However, I am not for sure if you are aware of this or not, but there was also a 7.10 release too so the updates might not be as easy. You will end up having all the things that the default install has on 8.04.

In my opinion, if you are going to start fresh anyway, you might want to go with the download of 8.04 and do a fresh install. The Intel and Broadcom wireless cards are now using a new driver and 8.04 is also using Firefox 3.0 beta instead of 2.0.x. I also can't remember if you will need to update from 7.04 to 7.10 to 8.04 or not either.

Hope that helps.

[Pumalite]

Fresh install anytime.

[130R]

Ok thanks, I will download 8.04 on Thursday.