update system or not

[81golfcaddy]

I am no guru on liux by far but i love it. my question about update is
if your system is performing great should you choose all updates that come available. the reason i ask this I have updated before and certain programs would be affected. like Firefox for example. it was performing blazing fast on this system. I did a system update and Firefox was so slow loading pages. after a long period of time searching I found what to change in Firefox settings to get my speed back. not at all related to this post but Brasero has not worked on any debian based system ever. even on different computers. it has given the same error on all machines. cd-R not enough free space. this is before I try to add any files.

[JOHNNYG]

Updates are relatively safe and are meant to give you the newest options and such, see if the upgrade wants to "remove" any of your Ultimate Edition installed applications than abort the upgrades and post a screenshot if you would ! if it does not have any "Removal of Ultimate Edition stuff then I would continue with the upgrades ! I have had no issue updating at this point !

[81golfcaddy]

thank you for the info. still lovin it.

[billhedrick]

HOWEVER!!! If you are running 2.6 or 2.7 (Ubuntu 10.04) and Synaptic gives you the option to upgrade to 10.10, don't do it! The upgrade tends to upgrade away the Ultimate Edition tweaks and additions.

[pclinuxguru]

I install all back ports and unsupported updates and select all sources and never have a problem.

Unlike windows, linux updates actually fix things lol. Windows updates seem to break more then they fix.

Like the guys said, upgrading from older version to 10.10 or even 11.4 removes Ultimate edition.

[81golfcaddy]

(10/4) I am using 2.8 lite now. my pc is about 12 years old and it has never been this fast. not even close. the only additions I have added is K3B Rhythmbox and open office

[rcarlisle]

Contrary to Gúrú Linux ríomhaire's statement, I have had some bad experiences with updates (though most are very smooth and cause no issues). So I prefer to be a little more cautious with updates.
Although my rig is mostly for gaming, I rely on it for some work , programming and managing my home network. I always check the updates and see what's available to be updated before deciding to actually install them. Occasionally, I am paranoid and perform a system clone with ddrescue to another drive before proceeding (I am a support technician and have tons of hard drives I can use for this). Particularly if my system is really running well at the time I decide to install updates.
- If kernel updates are listed, be aware that some drivers may need to be updated as well. A good example is the proprietary NVIDIA drivers, which I prefer to the ones supplied by synaptic.
- Some security updates alter configuration files and may break things like VNC (also something I rely on heavily).
- If there is no compelling reason to update (ie. everything is running fine and the updates do not offer fixes for specific issues I am having with the current configuration), wait. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
So be aware. My general rule of thumb is this: If I don't have time to deal with problems caused by updates, I wait until I do. Most of time things are fine. But occasionally there are unexpected results that need to be fixed. Every one's experience is different, but I would be lying if I said there is no reason to be concerned.

[pclinuxguru]

I do remember having a ATI graphics issue with Ultimate Edition 2.7 on updates once. But other then that, I have had no update problems with 10.10.

Updated to kernel 2.6.35.25 today , that turned out supper well.

[Hawks-SOAD]

i always update mine and never have any problems what so ever , but im one of those people that like bleeding edge installs haha. but it is always good to see what is getting updated so if you have any issues you know what caused it