[conspire] User with old Ubuntu installation would like a hand

[Rick Moen]

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From: Hector Chow <tristan2k at yahoo.com>
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Subject: install for this saturday

Hi fellow installers,I am planning to drop by this saturday Jan 9th with my rig, so that I can upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy 64, to a more recent version of Linux which you might recommend.   8.04 is starting to feel outdated...  I don't mind having the hard drive reformatted as I have already saved my important files.
Hector


      
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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:35:56 -0800
From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
To: Hector Chow <tristan2k at yahoo.com>
Cc: installers at linuxmafia.com
Subject: Re: install for this saturday
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Quoting Hector Chow (tristan2k at yahoo.com):

> Hi fellow installers,I am planning to drop by this saturday Jan 9th
> with my rig, so that I can upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy 64, to a
> more recent version of Linux which you might recommend.   8.04 is
> starting to feel outdated...  I don't mind having the hard drive
> reformatted as I have already saved my important files.

Hi, Hector!

We certainly have quite a lot of current and recent distributions in CD
and DVD media, including various forms of Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala".
You'll find the full list here:
http://linuxmafia.com/cabal/installfest/#distros

It's your call as to what you want to reformat, but certainly it would
be cleaner to start with blank filesystem(s).  Anyway, we'll of course
be glad to help.

-- 
Cheers,                                      "Reality is not optional."
Rick Moen                                             -- Thomas Sowell
rick at linuxmafia.com

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