why update to 10.04?

[ShawnBoucke]

I have decided to buy a dell machine reinstalled with Ubuntu. I'm going to start the learning process with something simple, and hopefully someday build my own PC and load linux on myself.

The laptop has 9.10 installed, and I am wondering if there is any reason for me to not upgrade to 10.04 right away? thank you

[Rubi1200]

I have decided to buy a dell machine reinstalled with Ubuntu. I'm going to start the learning process with something simple, and hopefully someday build my own PC and load linux on myself.

The laptop has 9.10 installed, and I am wondering if there is any reason for me to not upgrade to 10.04 right away? thank you

Hi, your question is nigh on impossible to answer at this point in time for 2 main reasons:

1. we don't know your laptop specifications e.g. RAM, disk space, and especially graphics (so we can tell you if there might be potential issues)

2. you don't tell us whether 9.10 works as you want/need and whether you are happy with it or not (thereby negating the need to upgrade)

:)

[Fir3chi3f]

I have not found any regressions myself from 9.04 -> 10.04.

I found 10.04 boots faster, more things worked out of the box and looks a lot nicer.

You may want to hold back if you have an old Ati or something that requires weird drivers and want to game on the machine. Give the live CD a try before installing and see how you like it.

Good luck and post back ;)

[snowpine]

If you are happy with 9.10, it will be fully supported through April 2011.

The two main advantages of upgrading to 10.04 are 1) longer support period (through April 2013); 2) your applications will be 6 months newer (April 2010 rather than October 2009).

There are some minor changes as well in the user interface, default applications, settings, etc.

If you are considering 10.04, I would strongly recommend giving it an extensive "test drive" as a Live CD. This will give you a good idea how well it will support your hardware and meet your computing needs.

[Rubi1200]

If you are happy with 9.10, it will be fully supported through April 2011.

The two main advantages of upgrading to 10.04 are 1) longer support period (through April 2013); 2) your applications will be 6 months newer (April 2010 rather than October 2009).

There are some minor changes as well in the user interface, default applications, settings, etc.

If you are considering 10.04, I would strongly recommend giving it an extensive "test drive" as a Live CD. This will give you a good idea how well it will support your hardware and meet your computing needs.

+1 to everything said.

[ShawnBoucke]

My computer will be new from Dell (Inspiron 1545 link (http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/notebooks/laptop-inspiron-1545/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-inspiron-1545&s=dhs&cs=19&~oid=us~en~29~linux_2~~) ). I'm sure it will work great under both. I am wondering if anything worked better, or smoother in 9.10. I've tried out both, and like the feel of 10.04.

[gfe]

I've tried out both, and like the feel of 10.04.If you like the feel of 10.04, then go for it. You might as well get the longer-term support.

I have 10.04 on my Dell 10v and it works flawlessly.

[utnubuuser]

You can easily install 10.04 beside 9.10 on your harddisk before removing 9.10