Today I upgraded my machine from Ubuntu 6.10 to Ubuntu 7.04, and just like my previous upgrade from Ubuntu 6.06 to 6.10, the whole process went very smoothly. Apart from a couple of minor issues with the new desktop effects, which I’ll go into more detail later in this post, everything else went fine.

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We’re getting closer to the next release of Ubuntu. Feisty Fawn is due for release on April 19th. Looking at the Feisty Release Schedule everything looks on schedule as always. The development team did a great job getting Edgy out on schedule so I have no doubt the same will apply for Feisty Fawn.

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How a simple exercise of changing to an LCD Monitor caused so much trouble in Ubuntu.

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At some point Linux users may have to dabble with GRUB. I know this from personal experience when I trashed my Ubuntu install a few months ago. Many people may end up re-installing Ubuntu from scratch, but such drastic measures may not be necessary if you can master a few tips and tricks using GRUB.

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The article is specifically for people whose Windows installation has crashed and need to recover information via Ubuntu, but is equally useful for people who have a working Windows installation and want to share a hard drive between Ubuntu and Windows.

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I took the plunge yesterday and upgraded my machine from Ubuntu 6.06 to 6.10. The upgrade instructions were very simple. I was extremely impressed with the upgrade. Absolutely no problems whatsoever.

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