With Ubuntu 8.10 just around the corner, I'm reflecting on some lessons learned from previous upgrades. My hope is that new ubuntu users will be benefit.
1. There's no rush. I know, you're practically salivating at the thought of all those new built in features. But remember, you have a working system now, and in fact you like it a lot. It will still be there in a few weeks, about the time that the "last of the last minute" bug fixes have made their way to the repositories.
2. Back up your system before you upgrade. You may have forgotten about that weird software RAID you setup six months ago. Upon upgrading all of the sudden your computer doesn't remember which hard drive is which, and simply neither do you. Hope you didn't have any striped drives. This is just one of thousands of things that can go wrong, no matter how much faith you have in the Ubuntu community.
3. Adjust all of your third party repositories.
4. If you're doing a fresh install and downloading the .iso, use the bittorrents. Don't put unnecessary strain on the servers.
That being said, who else is excited?
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