[ale] New Year's Resolution: Upgrade to Kubuntu 9.10

[Charles Shapiro]

Just an update.  I upgraded to ubuntu 9.07 ok, but didn't have the
disk space for the 9.10 upgrade ( my OS is on a 5.7 gb drive, my
${HOME} and some other directories are elsewhere).  The sound card
stopped working on 8.10 after I updated all the packages to the latest
'n' greatest, and it still wasn't working on 9.07.  I found that it
*did* work just fine on a 9.10 liveCD though.  After thinking about it
a few days, I did a full nuke 'n' pave to 9.10.  That fixed the sound
card, and after a protracted session with apt-get(8) and some trolling
around in my desktop settings I'm back where I was.  FF 3.5 is nice, I
have crrcsim ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/crrcsim/ ) working once
again, I found the non-free codecs ok, and I can build and run my
wxPython and QT3 code.  Now I can decide whether I want to upgrade my
app to QT4!

It's interesting that the default desktop install doesn't seem to have
the GIMP, OpenOffice, Firefox, or Evolution.  Of course, you have to
do a bunch of silly stuff to get Amarok to play MP3 files, but I know
the reason for that.  I am pleased that I can now play videos directly
from FB ( Flash Player 10 ), and that I can play movies taken with my
wife's el cheapo video camera (non-free codecs).

Steps to 9.10:

*  dpkg-query -W > oldpackages.txt
*  tar -czvf {dir}.tgz { etc, var, www }
*  { Install without changing partition table }
*  { Replace /etc/hosts with anti-advertising hosts from old etc.tgz,
install old packages as needed from oldpackages.txt, rebuild crrcsim,
et cetera }

-- CHS

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Gray Frost <grayf327 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I always cp my /etc/X11/xorg.conf or the /etc/fstab file if you are doing
> anything special.
> If you are playing any games (WOW, Guild Wars, etc) in wine you may want to
> capture all of the game folders.  If nothing else capture the regedit file
> or settings and maybe note the infomation in winecfg.
> If you have any aliases save them.  Mine are stored in the
> home/yourusername/.bash_aliases file.  For ease I just copy
> my .bash* to a folder (keep in mind they will be hidden)
> If you have any scripts be sure go save your home/yourusrrname/bin folder if
> that's where you put them?
> I know it is not a big deal but note any setting you have in you mail client
> like any of the set up parameters (if you use).  You may want to export any
> mail files if you use a client.
> An easy what you save or transfer your Firefox bookmarks is to set up Xmarks
> using Firefox add-ons.
> I use the Nvidia 3D drivers and they seem just fine in my games.
>
>
>>Am I missing anything? Anyone know how much pain my 8.10 (KDE 4.1)
>>desktop config files are gonna give a 9.10 (KDE 4.3) install?
>>Has anyone done qt3 development on kubuntu 9.10, which ships with QT4?
>>What about going from FireFox 3.0.3 to FireFox 3.5? Do the Nvidia 3D
>>drivers work OK ( I'm running some programs which require OpenGL
>>support on a GeForce 6200 )?
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