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Well, if your notebook uses a ATI Radion video chip Ubuntu 9.10 could turn it into a non-functioning brick. At least that's what transpired at the Ubuntu 9.10 test-a-thon a couple of months ago with my HP Pavillion. The Ubuntu engineers scratched their heads for a while, and said they'd send me an updated version to try. Thus far bupkis. <BR>
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So, the moral is to try to boot via a USB stick or CD if you have one first, and see if it recognizes all your hardware, or at least the important stuff like the video card. Do that BEFORE upgrading. As I recall 8.04 Ubuntu recognized the ethernet port but not the wireless, and 8.10 didn't find either the ethernet port or the wireless on my HP. 9.04 found both. <BR>
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On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 18:34 -0500, Asher Vilensky wrote:<BR>
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We have a Dell Inspiron netbook with Ubuntu 9.04, no wait, maybe still 8.*. I can't remember.<BR>
Anyway, it works fine. So:<BR>
1. Is there any reason why I should upgrade to the latest?<BR>
2. Is there any risk in upgrading? Is it possible that what's working now will stop working?<BR>
3. I thought to install Remix on another partition, to be on the safe side, but:<BR>
The computer has no CD drive. How do I install it if I don't have an external USB CD drive (and don't have any network install depot)?<BR>
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Thanks.<BR>
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-- Asher
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