Upgrading Ubuntu

[Bob The Mercenary]

I currently have Ubuntu ver. 8.10 (Intrepid) and am looking to upgrade to 9.04. What I'm wondering is what the upgrade will have a chance of disabling if I go through with it. I've completely overrun this system with network security software and in the process broke my trash bin (it shows on the desktop, but everything I delete gets deleted outright, bypassing the trash) and somehow broke the link to the "Computer" folder.

I would also like to backup this system before the upgrade, but Acronis isn't compatible with Linux partitions and I'm kinda weary about the whole "compress your entire HD into a zip file" technique. Any suggestions?

[Vault Of Thrones]

If all the software you have on the computer is stuff you got from the repositories then I wouldn't worry about it too much and just upgrade, as it will make sure that dependencies are satisfied and things don't break. However, this does not sound like it is the case. I'm thinking that you should look on the websites of whatever the software is and see if it says anything about compatibility with Jaunty.

As for the Trash and Computer link issues I'm not really sure. The Trash sounds like it is now symlinked to /dev/null or something similar though.

I'm also curious as to what you mean by backing up your system. If you just want to get all of your files off of it you could always just make a copy of your home directory and throw it somewhere. If you want everything backed up then I'm sure that you can find something that will do it in the repos. sbackup sounds like it fits what you're talking about.

[Bob The Mercenary]

I'm looking for something that acts like Acronis where in the event of a catastrophe I have an image file I can restore from. Including system settings and everything. I'll check out sbackup tonight. Thanks for the help. The Ubuntu boards only go so far.

And a lot of the programs I use I didn't find in a repository. More like shady back-alleys.