[oe] Does the OS make a difference?

[AJ ONeal]

As with any operating system, I would recommend a clean install. IME,
upgrades always leave cruft.

It's easy enough to get a list of installed packages
http://www.arsgeek.com/2006/09/19/ubuntu-tricks-how-to-generate-a-list-of-installed-packages-and-use-it-to-reinstall-packages/

git rid of any version numbers and diff that against the new clean install

You'll likely want to backup /home, /opt, /usr/local/.

I'm going to go ahead and give it a try on my development box at home and
see how it goes.


Ironically, my goal is to replace my web dev box at home with the gumstix
and nodejs.

AJ ONeal


On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:58 PM, J. L. <vwyodapink at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you know if doing a standard method of upgrading would be ok or
> should I start from a full clean install? Thanks
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Douglas Royds
> <douglas.royds at taitradio.com> wrote:
> > On 03/09/10 05:19, J. L. wrote:
> >>
> >> I would be interested to know as well I am building on 9.10 and seem
> >> to get more errors than those building on 10.04 or 10.10 with 64 bit
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:46 AM, AJ ONeal<coolaj86 at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> It would be worth it to upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10 to 10.04 if it really
> >>> makes
> >>> a difference... but it would take time and disrupt workflow and
> otherwise
> >>> provide little advantage.
> >>>
> >
> > As an aside, you should both be aware that neither 9.10 nor 8.10 are
> "LTS"
> > (long-term support) Ubuntu releases. As such, Ubuntu are no longer
> > back-porting security fixes.
> >
> > I recommend that you both upgrade to 10.04 LTS. Ubuntu will support 10.04
> > for 3 years (ie. until April 2013).
> >
> > Douglas.
> >
> >
> >
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