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oneiric-beitou upgrade to precise?

Asked by Heinz-Peter Fohrmann

I recently bought the Asus X54C-SO249DU with pre-installed Ubuntu.
It turned out, that the installed version of Ubuntu is 11.10. so I tried an upgrade by checking the relevant box in the software update manager (I don't know the exact English term since I use a German localization).
An upgrade to precise did not show up.
On checking the package sources I learned, that my actual Ubuntu version is called "oneric-beitou"! This is an OEM distribution, it seems.
Can anybody tell me wether there will be a future upgrade to precise available - be it "precise-beitou" or whatever?
Thanks in advance for any helpful comment or answer.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a

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Heinz-Peter Fohrmann (heinz-peter-fohrmann) said : 		#2

Here is the information you requested:

"cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a" yields:

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"
Linux heinzpeter-K54C 3.0.0-14-generic #23beitou2-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 23 04:55:52 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

You can use the Precise alternate ISO if you want to upgrade offline. You may want to use this guide:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades

I believe you can boot to the Precise install CD and the upgrade will be offered.

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Heinz-Peter Fohrmann (heinz-peter-fohrmann) said : 		#4

I was able to upgrade today online. Update Manager proposed 12.04 LTS. Everything seems to have gone right.
Thanks for remarks and help.