If you are using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx or Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot, make upgrade to the latest Ubuntu 12.04 LTS LTS Precise Pangolin.
There are two methods for the simple up-gradation......
upgrading online via Internet & upgrading via alternate Ubuntu CD
If you have high speed internet connectivity, then you can upgrade to 12.04 using with your update manager. To open update manager, press Alt+F2 and type.
update-manager -d
(for 11.10 it so simple, because already pined in to canonical dock)
The update Manager window will pop up and inform the latest version is available. Just click "Upgrade" to continue.
If you have limited connection with internet access, You can upgrade using alternate install CD. So, you can get the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for your OS. The alternate install CD help you to make several specialist installation with these following situations :
Install script inside the CD, run it to upgrade.
There are two methods for the simple up-gradation......
upgrading online via Internet & upgrading via alternate Ubuntu CD
1. upgrading online via Internet
If you have high speed internet connectivity, then you can upgrade to 12.04 using with your update manager. To open update manager, press Alt+F2 and type.
update-manager -d
(for 11.10 it so simple, because already pined in to canonical dock)
The update Manager window will pop up and inform the latest version is available. Just click "Upgrade" to continue.
2. Upgrading Offline without Internet
- Easy to setting up automated deployments
- No need network access to upgrade from older installations
- LVM and/or RAID partitioning
- support installation on systems with less than about 384MiB of RAM (although note that low-memory systems could not be able to run a full desktop environment reasonably).
Install script inside the CD, run it to upgrade.