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upgrade to 9.10

Asked by Omar. P

Okay my question is I have two users, the main one that I use has 9.04 and the other is an added a new user. So if I upgrade from the added new user profile to 9.10 will it affect in anyway my other user? Is it a good idea just to try how the new upgrade would be like and if I don't like I can just erase that user along with the upgrade.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

No, the upgrade will not touch any users or user data at all, it only upgrades the binarys which make up the OS. Jaunty is EOL next month so I suggest you upgrade to Lucid ASAP.

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#2

The OS is shared by all users. So upgrading to 9.10 will affect all users.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Yes but it won't touch their $HOME folders.

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Best delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#4

@actionparsnip
It will if a software use a new format to record files of parameter. Hopefully, it's seldom, and it can also happened during a classical update-manager. It's better to backup ".file" when you want to go back to previous version.
@Omar
You are in 9.04, which is followed by 9.10, 10.04 and soon 10.10. If you forecast to upgrade step by step to 10.10, I strongly advise you to make a backup of your $HOME directory if you can, and at least of files and folder starting by a dot in your home directory.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Going back to a previous version is not advised or supported.

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Omar. P (omar.p) said : 		#6

Thanks delance, that solved my question.