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By: Genisis

Genisis — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:13:24 +0000

Thanks Kirk! Much appreciated.

By: Kirk M

Kirk M — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:30:32 +0000

@Genisis,

I recently ditched Windows altogether for Ubuntu 8.10 and yes, you can upgrade to 9.04 right from the 8.10′s Update Manager. In fact you may have already gotten the notification that 9.04 is available?

Although I usually recommend the clean install of any new OS version I performed the upgrade to 9.04 and I pleased to say it went flawlessly. No troubles whatsoever with the minor exception that the “Root terminal” no longer functions but from what I’ve been hearing on the forums and bugzilla, this may have been intentional.

One caveat. If you have a lot of third party software stuffed into 8.10, you might run into a few glitches. Just make sure the software is fully up to date.

Edit: Firefox runs a heck of a lot better in 9.04 and much better Java and Java script performance all around.

By: Genisis

Genisis — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:50:19 +0000

Jack, great stuff! Thanks for everything.
Question I have is, I have been using v8.10 since its release and its my first Linux distro that I have ever used, what would I need to do to update to v9.xx? Would need to do a complete re-install or is there and update feature? Looking forward to next release, however, I have been looking at Linux-Mint as well since you posted your article on that version as well.
Any info on “How to update versions” in a reply or post would be GREATLY appreciated!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:45:36 +0000

Jack, I’m a Linux newbie looking to install Ubuntu on a 2002 model laptop. Should I go ahead with installing Jaunty or stick to Intrepid for now? Does it really matter what version I install?

By: yehoni

yehoni — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:50:14 +0000

It’s not a matter of intuitive or not, it’s just that Ubuntu isn’t *on* that release cycle. Canonical makes those large changes for two versions in a row, in its short term support (STS) releases, and then gets all the bugs worked out for the *third*, long term support (LTS) release. Same concept you were thinking of, but different timing. Ubuntu tends to be pretty light on bugs even on STS releases, so you’d probably never notice, but if you really want that extra bit of stability, it’s not specifically the .10 versions you want (for example, compiz integration was introduced in 7.10, and that had huge bug potential), it’s the LTS releases (8.04 wasn’t noticeable different from 7.10). This year it’s the same thing (9.10 will be LTS), but next year, there won”t *be* a LTS version.

By: jack

jack — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:40:15 +0000

here’s why I tend to say the .04 releases are less stable. it’s very similar to the old Red Hat release process. when a .0 release was out generally it was large changes. then the .2 releases fixed a lot that was wrong in the .0 releases. i have found the same with ubuntu .04 and .10. i usually skip the .04 releases because i know all of the bugs from the major changes will have been worked out by the time the .10 release is out.

it may be a bit counter-intuitive, but it has worked like clockwork for me.

By: Roman ShaRP

Roman ShaRP — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:08:48 +0000

Thanks for the news, Jack, they a great. Of course, better wait till 9.10, but the news a great anyway.

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By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:24:53 +0000

I agree with yehoni. The *.04 releases have never been less stable than other versions. The numbers following the dot represent which month the version was released. Therefore, the version numbers always go .04, then .10. Then, the first number represents the year: 8 was 2008, 9 is 2009, and so on.

By: Doc

Doc — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:21:49 +0000

With all the furor over ext4 losing data (by saving the *journaling* information before the *data* – something even Linus Torvalds has said was “incredibly stupid”) I doubt that ext4 will become the default filesystem for 9.10 – at least until the problem is fixed.

The .04 releases, as Yehoni said, are the LTS (Long Term Support) versions, with the *unstable* goodies in the .10 releases. 9.04 should be as stable as any version of Ubuntu yet released.

By: MartinJB

MartinJB — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:28:01 +0000

The RC version is proving to be stable on my machine. Installing dual boot is now even easier and if it weren’t for a couple of 3D apps I use a lot I’d make the switch completely.
Keep up the good work Jack – I’ve learned quite a bit from your contributions to gHacks

By: yehoni

yehoni — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:26:22 +0000

Since when are the .04 releases less stable? The current long term support release (the ones that are supposed to be the *most* stable) of Ubuntu is 8.04.