Re: final gtk+maverick battles

[David Marceau <uticdmarceau2007 yahoo ca>]

On 02/16/2014 03:05 PM, Bric wrote:
> On 02/16/2014 10:33 AM, David Marceau wrote:
> > On 02/16/2014 06:30 AM, Bric wrote:
> > > My old system was, indeed, trashed.  An accidental re-boot proved that
> > > it wasn't going into GUI mode anymore.  Thus, I upgraded, and am now on
> > > Ubuntu 12.
> > Now upgrade a few more times to get to trusty(14.04) to get the latest
> > bells and whistles.  Then there are recipes to get trusty with the
> > latest GNOME available through some extra ppa's repositories.  Then you
> > can install proprietary graphics display drivers as final step.
>
> Are you sure i can't fast-forward to 14.04, with just one more install ?
For peace of mind, backup your personal data no matter what upgrade path
you choose.

It seems possible to do a one-step upgrade:
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2014/01/daily-ubuntu-tips-upgrade-to-ubuntu-14-04-trusty-tahr-from-13-10/

You'll need to do a tweak along the way:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/379430/upgrading-to-alpha-fails-due-extras-repositories

The trick is don't be disappointed about how slow the first couple of
reboots are during the upgrade and after the upgrade.  These are
deceptive bad first-impressions, but once the operating system settles
itself out in both ubuntu and in debian, they are very snappy to boot up
and shut down.

Be patient especially for the first two to three reboots.
Don't be overly eager to click the mouse again on the same button.  The
OS heard your first click, but it's very busy doing a lot of stuff in
the background without you being aware of it.
Just let it do its thing.
Don't stop anything.
Don't cancel anything.

The first couple of reboots are always seemingly slow, but keep in mind
it's setting up configurations for the first time, possibly preparing
disk nodes for future writes, caching your most recently used
applications for faster loading the next time, etc...

Cheers :)
David Marceau