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Problems upgrading Ubuntu
KernelPanic:
Perhaps that mirror is just getting spanked by people like you upgrading.
Anyhow changing sources.list will not help your upgrade unless you actually using apt, or synaptic etc.
Are you using apt-get?
Aloone_Jonez:
I don't know, I'm just clicking on the update icon on the right hand corner of the screen. Oh my God I'm sounding like a Winwoes looser!
worker201:
I really think that if you have more understanding of how the upgrade process works, you will know why there is a problem, and perhaps even how to fix it.
And, I hate to be mean, but if you're going to click on a button and expect results every time without ever bothering to learn something new, then maybe you should stick with Windows. What kind of person just installs a new OS every time something doesn't work for them? My dad, for one. He was ready to buy a new computer when his hard drive died.
For starters, here's an apt howto:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/
since it seems that Ubuntu uses apt for package management.
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: worker201 ---I really think that if you have more understanding of how the upgrade process works, you will know why there is a problem, and perhaps even how to fix it.
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I don't mind doing some reading but there is a limit, I don't really care about how it works I just want it to work.
--- Quote from: worker201 ---And, I hate to be mean, but if you're going to click on a button and expect results every time without ever bothering to learn something new, then maybe you should stick with Windows.
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So you admit that Windows is easier to use than Linux!
--- Quote from: worker201 ---What kind of person just installs a new OS every time something doesn't work for them?
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It depends, if the effort required to fix the problem than the effort required to install a different (and probably better OS) then there's nothing wrong with installing a new OS.
--- Quote from: worker201 --- My dad, for one. He was ready to buy a new computer when his hard drive died.
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Now that's just ignorant.
--- Quote from: worker201 ---For starters, here's an apt howto:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/
since it seems that Ubuntu uses apt for package management.
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I'll check it out though I don't want to jump through too many hoops just to get it working.
worker201:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---So you admit that Windows is easier to use than Linux!
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I'll check it out though I don't want to jump through too many hoops just to get it working.
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Windows, thanks to this really huge marketing firm called Microsoft, is a part of all of our computer pasts. It's not necessarily easier, but to anyone who came of age in the 90s, it is probably infinitely more familiar.
I've said it before, and I guess I have to say it again - jumping through hoops is part of the fun and experience of Linux. If you're not interested in learning and solving problems, then Linux is not for you. To be honest, I run into Linux problems almost every day. Not because it's buggy or shitty, but because I don't understand things properly. So each problem is a trip to Google or asking advice, and in the end it gets solved and I never have to worry about it again. Fuck yeah, this is FUN! Linux and reading and crossword puzzles make you smarter. TV, Windows, and scratching your ass might not exactly make you dumber, but ... I think you see where I'm going with this.
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