Comments on: Ubuntu upgrades: do a clean installation or use Update Manager? http://technologytales.com/2009/04/09/ubuntu-upgrades-do-a-clean-installation-or-use-update-manager/ Adventures in the world of digital and computer technology Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:06:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ell http://technologytales.com/2009/04/09/ubuntu-upgrades-do-a-clean-installation-or-use-update-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-105 ell Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:27:28 +0000 http://technologytales.com/?p=807#comment-105 I don't have time to find out if the dist-upgrade would work this time around or not. so I always do a clean install. I don’t have time to find out if the dist-upgrade would work this time around or not. so I always do a clean install.

]]> By: GregE http://technologytales.com/2009/04/09/ubuntu-upgrades-do-a-clean-installation-or-use-update-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-103 GregE Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:40:58 +0000 http://technologytales.com/?p=807#comment-103 I always have a separate /home partition but even that can be an issue due to out of date config files. So, I boot from the Live CD of the new version, rename my home folder from greg to greg2 then format / ,but not /home and set up a new greg on the way. Now as I have used the same user name all the files in greg2 still have ownwership of greg. So next I setup two Nautilus windows side by side (hidden files enabled) and drag my Photos, Videos, Music and Thunderbird folders across. I also bring across Firefox favourites. This makes a nice clean update without gotchas, even if it is a bit tedious compared to a simple upgrade. I keep greg2 for a while as there is always something in a config file that you need to grab. cheers I always have a separate /home partition but even that can be an issue due to out of date config files.

So,

I boot from the Live CD of the new version, rename my home folder from greg to greg2 then format / ,but not /home and set up a new greg on the way. Now as I have used the same user name all the files in greg2 still have ownwership of greg. So next I setup two Nautilus windows side by side (hidden files enabled) and drag my Photos, Videos, Music and Thunderbird folders across. I also bring across Firefox favourites.

This makes a nice clean update without gotchas, even if it is a bit tedious compared to a simple upgrade. I keep greg2 for a while as there is always something in a config file that you need to grab.

cheers

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