How to upgrade Xubuntu
I've been wanting to upgrade to Xubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) for a while now. Finding myself with insomnia this evening/morning I decided that now was as good a time as any. This release is still in beta, but the final relase is due in about 2 weeks, so I figured it was stable enough.... The short story is: Worked like a champ. No problems whatsoever with X-Windows, Sound, Display, or Wireless drivers that are running through NDISWRAPPER. Beryl and AIGLX are running better than ever, and it even appears that there is native support in xorg for the Intel GMA 945 video chipset on non 4:3 displays. I no longer have to run a beta driver. All applications that I use frequently check out, and I even like the updated artwork. YEAH!!! I must say that after this experience, I'm even more of an Ubuntu fanboy than I was previously.
Here's a mini howto for those interested:
First a caveat: I used the commandline to kickoff the upgrade process, so I can't speak to how well it would work using the update manager. From what I understand, there were some minor problems with upgrading via the update manger in the 6.04 --> 6.10 upgrade process. As always YMMV
- Backup your existing apt sources.list:
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.20070401 - Edit sources.list and replace all references to 'edgy' with
'feisty'. (use the replace feature in your favorite editor). If you
have added any non standard repositories don't change them unless you
know that they have a 'feisty' repository. For example, automatix does
not yet have a 'feisty' repository, so don't change that:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Or replace gedit with your favorite text editor or console based editor (vi, emacs, nano, joe, etc.)
- Update your repositories:
sudo apt-get update - Upgrade your system:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade - Reboot to begin using your new kernel.