Hardy Heron is hardly a snap

April 28, 2008 (Monday) | Linux Ubuntu

When I received my super-cool Android PC from Eric Burke he thoughtfully installed a copy of Ubuntu 7.10 for me, so naturally when the new Ubuntu 8.04 ("Hardy Heron") was released I wanted to upgrade it to the latest and greatest version. "Installation is a snap," writes Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. Ubuntu is user-friendly and ready for the mass market, so this should be easy, right? Just to be sure, I asked a friend for advice on the best way to do it. "Wipe your disk and re-install from an ISO image," he said. "If you have anything on the machine, make a backup first." Eh? That seemed extreme to me. Since I have such a deep respect for my friend's opinions,...