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Upgrading from Ubuntu to Fiesty
Name: zero244 Date: March 28, 2007 at 13:41:26 Pacific OS: Ubuntu Edgy\XP CPU/Ram: AMD\1-gig ram Product: Home Built
Comment:
I am running Ubuntu Edgy right now and I am very happy with it. When Fiesty comes out I will have to make the choice to upgrade or not. I know most Linux Gurus prefer a fresh install. Which I understand. My question is: If I make a copy of my home folder then do a fresh install of Fiesty. Can I copy my home folder over from my Edgy install to the new Fiesty install and have my old settings etc work ok?
Name: kittiluver Date: March 30, 2007 at 07:18:20 Pacific
Reply:
You can copy the contents of your personal folder under home such as /home/tom to another media, and then copy the content to the new personal folder: /home/xxx, but I don't think you can copy the home folder.
I have the latest Feisty 7.04 beta installed as my second operating system along side XP in dual boot mode. IT'S GREAT!!
I have a Toshiba P105-S6147 laptop that came installed with Vista. I removed that and installed XP Pro as my base OS. The sound didn't work in XP, but I fixed that by installing Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture driver, and Conextant sound driver OS2006203a. Found all driver info on DriverPacks.net forum. http://forum.driverpacks.net/index.php
The sound doesn't work in Feisty yet, but I'm confident the Ubuntu team will fix it. Tom
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