[NBLUG/talk] Ubuntu 12.04 upgrade didn't go smoothly

[Jordan Erickson]

"Older packages" = Tested packages ;)


On 04/16/2013 04:02 PM, Lincoln Peters wrote:
>
> On Apr 16, 2013 11:08 AM, "Mitch Patenaude" <patenaude at gmail.com
> <mailto:patenaude at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Even though I had a perfectly functional 10.04LTS ubuntu install
> (Lucid), I decided to try the upgrade to 12.04LTS just for kicks.  It
> didn't go well.
> [snip]
>
> For what it's worth, the last few times I've tried to upgrade Ubuntu,
> I've had similar frustrations, ranging from being unable to print to
> being unable to boot without a rescue disc.  A few months ago, I
> finally gave up and installed CentOS 6 instead.  Admittedly it has
> older versions of many packages and doesn't update very quickly, but
> I've had far fewer headaches since switching.
>
>
>
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