Doing an OS upgrade is often troublesome. It is better to back up your data and do a clean install. Most of us don’t for various reasons. I always try upgrades before clean installs – it’s probably a form of self abuse.
This version of Kubuntu has a shiny new upgrade wizard which made this a [...]
Since finally getting round to installing OpenSuse 10.2 on my laptop, I’m going to be trying to live without MS Operating systems on the desktop during working hours. This is something I’ve wanted to do for a while. The reasons are mainly stability, transparency of errors when they do occur and ease of upgrading / [...]
I’m typing this from my Dell M1210 laptop after finally installing OpenSuse 10.2 on it. Not everything works (the webcam may need a little work) but the things that really ought to work out of the box do
Wireless (WPA-PSK)
Flash (with sound)
DNS resolving at full speed thanks to the installer option to disable IPV6
Fonts available out [...]