Succeeding Feisty Fawn, the new release of Ubuntu 7.10 i.e Gutsy Gibbon will be out in coming October (scheduled data is 18th October 2007).
This week alpha release of “Tribe 5″ is already out and the countdown for the final release has begun.
As usual the process of upgrading is simple. You just need to issue following commands to upgrade.
sudo replace feisty gutsy - /etc/apt/source.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
It will download some 570 MB to upgrade and you are done. So far I have not faced any issues.
There is always a way to do the same using UI also. Follow the instructions here to achieve this.
Jono Bacon has also made the announcement for the Gutsy Gibbon’s successor, Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy Heron which has been scheduled for release in April 2008.
"Everyone is welcome to participate, everyone is welcome to get involved, and everyone is welcome to help shape the form of the Hardy Heron."
One can add their specifications/ideas to https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu.
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Hardy Heron, eh?! Nice name for the next time.. Can’t wait to upgrade to Gutsy. I am planning on a rip-and-riplace since I’m still running Edgy
sudo replace feisty gutsy /etc/apt/source.list should be sudo replace feisty gutsy — /etc/apt/sources.list
Thanks for the clever way to do this!
I think that is the smartness shown by wordpress but thanks for pointing that out
Would I use a similar set of commands for upgrading from Dapper Drake? e.g.:
sudo replace dapper gutsy /etc/apt/source.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
LaptopZZ, pardon my ignorance, but what is the double dash you used in your correction of nisheet’s list of commands?
The “–” seems to be part of the syntax. You can read more here: http://linux.die.net/man/1/replace
Btw, nisheet, your blueprints url seems to have an extra “.” which causes the page not to load.
Anyway, thanks for an informative post. I didn’t know about the “replace” command
Thanks. Just a little correction for the first line
sudo replace feisty gutsy – /etc/apt/sources.list