[olug] Upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10?

[Chad Homan]

I've had zero issues going from 13.04 -> 13.10.  But as always mileage will
vary

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On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:

> That sucks.  I've generally had pretty good luck updating versions in
> place.  In fact, the only time since 5.04 that I've done a fresh install
> was when I jumped from 32-bit to 64-bit.  I think that may have been for
> 12.10, in fact.
>
>
> On 11/19/2013 11:32 AM, Sam Tetherow wrote:
>
>> Desktop is completely hosed, I have to start up metacity and gnome-panel
>> manually from the console. Suspend no longer works, sound is flakey in some
>> apps.  I get quite a few gnome crash reports.  I haven't spent a lot of
>> time trying to resolve the issues.  It will be easier to do a fresh install
>> and copy data back to the machine.  It has been a long time since I have
>> done the update manager to switch versions and now I remember why :)
>>
>>
>> On 11/19/2013 11:18 AM, Obi-Wan wrote:
>>
>>> What sort of problems?
>>>
>>> On 11/19/2013 11:09 AM, Sam Tetherow wrote:
>>>
>>>> Had horrible luck on my laptop going from 12.04 to 13.10 via update
>>>> manager.  Getting a full backup and plan on a wipe and reinstall this
>>>> weekend.
>>>>
>>>> On 11/19/2013 11:05 AM, Obi-Wan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My primary desktop box is currently running Ubuntu 12.10.  I missed
>>>>> the 13.04 update because I was too busy this summer to worry about it.  Now
>>>>> that 13.10 has been out for a little while, I'm thinking it's finally time
>>>>> to upgrade.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are any of you running 13.10?  Are there any gotchas I should watch
>>>>> out for?  Any unusual problems with the upgrade process? Any major apps you
>>>>> really wish you could downgrade because of what the 13.10 version does to
>>>>> them?  Is there any reason I should upgrade only to 13.04 instead of 13.10?
>>>>>
>>>>
>
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