----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy" <stude.list@???>
To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Basic Ubuntu question
> On 08/02/07, Rob Malpass <rob@???> wrote:
>> 1) When I run the updates (as it asks me to every time I login), does
>> this
>> then mean I have the latest distrb (whatever it's called now)? Or would
>> I
>> have the latest distrib if I ran apt-get dist-upgrade?
>
> If you are using update manager, then it depends.
> 6.06 will NOT update to 6.10 automatically.
> This is because 6.06 is an LTS release,(LTS = Long Term Support).
>
> You can persuade the update manager to update you from 6.06 to 6.10.
> It is strongly recommended that you do not use apt-get for upgrading
> between versions. Use the update manager.
> Read: <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes>
> Or for 6.06 to 6.10 specifically read:
> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades>
>
>
>> 2) How do I find out the codename (or the version for that matter) of the
>> distrib I have?
> Technically you shouldn't need to, its supposed to be for development
> purposes only. Yet its still in strategic places in the system.
>
> A quick list can be found in the FAQ:
> <http://www.ubuntu.com/support/faq?action=show&redirect=FAQ#head-3df1e0e29bc1a807664ce156fb9fe6f09c35bfdd>
> 6.06 = Dapper Drake
> 6.10 = Edgy Eft
> 7.04 = Feisty Fawn
>
>
>> Thanks - feeling a bit of a berk
> Feeling pleased, finally a question I can sort of answer :)
>
> Andy
Thanks Hugo and Andy.
I'm on dapper and it's working fine - best distro I've used.
Cheers
Rob
