[conspire] upgrade from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS ?

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Don Marti <dmarti <at> zgp.org> writes:

> For desktop machines, you'll probably have to assemble
> your own if you want a combination of Linux-friendly
> video and decent components in other areas.  Often the
> problematic video hardware is an upgrade that comes
> with other parts you want.
> 
> I'd rather do some careful shopping up front than
> spend a bunch of time on web boards playing vendor
> Kremlinology on driver selection later on.
> 

This _was_ the laptop I assembled from scratch using all new parts. 
The
motherboard and video card came with the case, though.