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iconoclast88
January 27th, 2010, 03:42 PM
I have a new laptop (Asus U50f) that has lots of glitches in 9.10 and 10.4, such as power management failing and freezing when unplugging from AC adapter, random booting issues and kernel failure, video, audio issues.

But 9.04 jaunty works great after i loaded the drivers.

I want to be able to have the latest 9.04 only updates to all my packages without upgrading to the next distro (9.10 or 10.4)

doing apt-get upgrade has actually upgrade my distro in the past.

Thanks,

Josh

mikewhatever
January 27th, 2010, 04:21 PM
Apt-get upgrade will install all available updates for you system, but you can't upgrade without upgrading to the next release.

snowpine
January 27th, 2010, 04:24 PM
Either:


sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

or:


sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

The 2nd will give you kernel upgrades (if available). Neither will upgrade you to 9.10. You can also use the Update Manager if you prefer a GUI.

iconoclast88
January 27th, 2010, 05:12 PM
Ok, so you both disagree with each other.

Any other opinions here to break the tie?

arubislander
January 27th, 2010, 05:22 PM
sudo apt-get upgrade does not upgrade you to the next release, but

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade might, and in my experience will!

But why bother with the commandline? Why not just use the Update Manager? Just disable, or ignore the button to upgrade to a new release...

snowpine
January 27th, 2010, 05:28 PM
Ok, so you both disagree with each other.

Any other opinions here to break the tie?

It's not a popularity contest or a matter of opinion. ;)

If you're ever unclear what a command does, use man:


man apt-get

That will give you a more accurate answer than a random sampling of users on an internet forum. Good luck!

mikewhatever
January 28th, 2010, 07:14 AM
Ok, so you both disagree with each other.

Any other opinions here to break the tie?

To be fare, you disagree with yourself too, wanting to upgrade without upgrading.;)