upgrade or install?

[mjhouska]

Should I install or upgrade? havent changed jaunty much so no great loss. all my user stuff is backed up. would i have a better chance of keeping devices operating by upgrading?

[VastOne]

Should I install or upgrade? havent changed jaunty much so no great loss. all my user stuff is backed up. would i have a better chance of keeping devices operating by upgrading?

I would recommend a new install. If you do not have a separate home partition, this would be the time to create one so that in future moves, your data would be protected and you would have more options to test or have side by side installs.

[mjhouska]

Exellent idea. hadnt thought of that

[gsparky2004]

How about neither? I just upgraded from jaunty to karmic. I now have no sound, my icons on the desktop move every time I reboot, I have some unknown process running in the background (I get an alert when I either shut down or reboot), and Skype keeps disappearing. I'd suggest waiting a week or two til things calm down. Then upgrade or install, whichever you prefer.

[lovinglinux]

i would recommend a new install. If you do not have a separate home partition, this would be the time to create one so that in future moves, your data would be protected and you would have more options to test or have side by side installs.

+1

[ursus262]

Being amongst the first is always fraught with difficulties. I suggest waiting, say, for a month for all the bugs to be ironed out. It'll get there. It just takes time, that's all :)