The next release of Ubuntu (Hardy Heron) is scheduled for release April 24th, but if you are really daring, you can upgrade from either 6.06 LTS or 7.10 straight to the beta version now out. Now here is the dilemma... I scanned the new features, and yes they look good, but here is the issue, I've got an older-ish system with a new-ish NVidia card (not a top notch state of the art card but much newer that the system as a whole) powering my widescreen LCD monitor. Every time there is any kind of change to the kernel, I run into issues. I know that I've got to recompile the kernel with the NVidia drivers and all, but it doesn't always work... quite often I just try not to reboot in fear that the update will krap out. anyways... but I also like living and playing on the edge with tech... so my instinct is to say screw it and go for it with the upgrade... but today is my birthday and it would really suck if I killed my system today... so maybe tomorrow....
HardyUpgrades - Community Ubuntu Documentation
If you are curious enough to try out the latest beta and via the upgrade, let me know how it all goes....
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