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ntrapped
March 9th, 2011, 04:00 AM
Hi,
I had got Ubuntu installed few months ago. Its 9.04 Jaunty.
For some reason I started getting - "Your distribution is not supported anymore.
You will not get any further security fixes or critical updates. Upgrade to a later version of Ubuntu Linux. See http://www.ubuntu.com for more information on upgrading."

So I decided to upgrade the system to 9.10 - since its the next release.

I also wanted adobe flash 10, which is not getting installed on the version I have. And all the videos stopped working on my browser .. firefox.

This is the first time I am upgrading -
should I be taking the bkup of data I have on the system? (even though its just the next release)?
I read the release notes, I could not find anything specifically fatal ... Anything I should know before the upgrade.

Thanks

mörgæs
March 9th, 2011, 04:47 AM
If you manage to get 9.10 working, you will soon have to upgrade again, as this one is about to run out of support. If you manage, you will still have the old Grub 1 running and not Grub 2, as is default in the new Ubuntus.

It is better to test a live 10.04 and 10.10, back up your files and install the release that works best on your system.

ntrapped
March 20th, 2011, 05:06 AM
Hi,

THanks for replying. ... I just upgraded directly to 9.10, it did not delete my stuff .. so the upgrade to next version is pretty good ..
but I am getting problem in Eclipse. I had Java EE edition. It stopped working suddenly,

so I installed the eclipse using this post -
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=201378

but now I want to upgrade this Galileo to EE Ganymede. The one installed is in /usr/lib/eclipse ...

I downloaded the tar file, but cant replace the one at /usr/lib/

Please suggest.

Dutch70
March 20th, 2011, 08:59 AM
You do understand that, as mörgæs said. Karmic will reach the EoL (End of Life) in about 11 more days, right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases)

mörgæs
March 20th, 2011, 04:07 PM
Frankly I don't know the exact date in April where the support stops. My guess is that it will be at the end of the month, since 11.04 is released there. Somebody please correct me, if this is wrong.

Even I will have to let go of my dear 9.10 ...

Frogs Hair
March 20th, 2011, 06:40 PM
Day on the month is not given.http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-version-names-and-end-of-life-details.html

Dutch70
March 20th, 2011, 08:17 PM
Everything I've seen just says April. It's probably best to be prepared for April 1st, even though it probably won't be that exact day. Especially if you have critical info on your computer, like banking or credit card info. It's a good possibility that it is April 28th, but I wouldn't want to wait around to find out.

mörgæs
March 30th, 2011, 12:00 AM
It is april 30.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1716760