Ubuntu Upgrade? (Question)

[matey3]

Hello All:

I was wondering what you think about Upgrading from 11.04 to the latest (11.10)?. ( I think it said 11.10)
This is an Asus laptop with i5 core (which I hate its keyboard), I am dual booting with Win 7 x64 (which came with this) 4 Gig RAM and maximum partition as allowed by Wubi...
Right now using Ubuntu (but I was away from my new laptop for a long time) I turn it on today and it came up with the upgrade (I expected an update not upgrade) so I canceled in middle of download and thought I'd better ask you guys to see if there are problems with the latest version?

Thank You All In Advance!

PS I am an old fashion user (the lynx and pine days lol)
so I dont like this new empty look (such as the new browsers have done with their dumb new looks, supposed to leave more space for the page? umm I donno? some even hide the address bar)...
In Linux the more == the better (to me anyway, I want my menu, tools etc. right there)


sorry, but I had to tell you my likes and dislikes..
Regards;

[snowpine]

Burn a Live CD or Live USB of 11.10 and evaluate it for yourself.

If you browse the forums, you'll see that the reviews are mixed.

[critin]

it came up with the upgrade (I expected an update not upgrade) so I canceled in middle of download

Unless you specifically clicked 'Upgrade" at the top of the page, it was only downloading updates. You have to choose to Upgrade.

I suggest reading as much of the forums as you can stand on up grading. It works for some and not others. A fresh install usually works better if you can save your work. But it does work for some. Read the comments.

[bluexrider]

Hello All:

I was wondering what you think about Upgrading from 11.04 to the latest (11.10)?. ( I think it said 11.10)
This is an Asus laptop with i5 core (which I hate its keyboard), I am dual booting with Win 7 x64 (which came with this) 4 Gig RAM and maximum partition as allowed by Wubi...
Right now using Ubuntu (but I was away from my new laptop for a long time) I turn it on today and it came up with the upgrade (I expected an update not upgrade) so I canceled in middle of download and thought I'd better ask you guys to see if there are problems with the latest version?

Thank You All In Advance!

PS I am an old fashion user (the lynx and pine days lol)
so I dont like this new empty look (such as the new browsers have done with their dumb new looks, supposed to leave more space for the page? umm I donno? some even hide the address bar)...
In Linux the more == the better (to me anyway, I want my menu, tools etc. right there)


sorry, but I had to tell you my likes and dislikes..
Regards;

You said it yourself about being old fashioned. Unity is NOT that.

[critin]

I want my menu, tools etc. right there)

This would be 11.04. I prefer it.

[matey3]

Thanks to each and everyone of you for your kind replies.
good ideas.

I appreciate it. (got to restart the browser, it updated now, yeah...)

(and Yes, later I saw the choice of update as opposed to upgrade)

Best Regards;

med