Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 206.47.165.5]
on May 09, 2008 12:40 AM
Best option I've used yet: download the latest DVD via bittorrent -- it will come down pretty fast because lots of people are downloading it now.
Then use the DVD as your repository, commenting out the online repositories. Everything will install pretty fast because the files are all local.
This hybrid type approach works great! You save time because you don't have to wait for the packages to come down from the repositories (which are loaded with traffic right now); you don't have to install and set up your applications and desktop tweaks all over again; and you save bandwidth for Ubuntu/ Canonical (and other people who might need to use the repositories), which is a nice thing to do since they are providing something great for free.
I just did this with my work PC going from Gutsy to Hardy and it worked great. I did have to run through the x.org reconfigure routine but after that, I was back in action with a shiny new upgrade.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 206.47.165.5] on May 09, 2008 12:40 AMThen use the DVD as your repository, commenting out the online repositories. Everything will install pretty fast because the files are all local.
This hybrid type approach works great! You save time because you don't have to wait for the packages to come down from the repositories (which are loaded with traffic right now); you don't have to install and set up your applications and desktop tweaks all over again; and you save bandwidth for Ubuntu/ Canonical (and other people who might need to use the repositories), which is a nice thing to do since they are providing something great for free.
I just did this with my work PC going from Gutsy to Hardy and it worked great. I did have to run through the x.org reconfigure routine but after that, I was back in action with a shiny new upgrade.
Mike
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