If you upgrade with the alternative CD it saves a lot of downloading, but in my case it wasn't the downloading that took all the time, applying the packages took something like three hours and it stopped quite often to ask about replacing config files. a huge pita.
I didnt' find the upgrade too bad. In my case the download took probably longer than the installation. And yes, if you've fiddled around with the config files, it pays off having the /etc directory backed up that you can investigate what the upgrade reverted back to the defaults (like X-Windows forwarding through ssh, enabling the shorewall firewall, alsa parameters, etc). I wasn't too happy with the Hardy Heron release, since it broke my Palm synchronization (see bug report #226197 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/226197), which I rely on heavily. Another strange thing that happened, all my terminals (the ones that you get via Ctrl+Alt+F1-6) were completely white. Wasn't very helpful while I was playing around with my xorg.conf to get TV-Out working - had to login remotely from another computer. In the meantime, I've installed Gutsy Gibbon again an am happy again - only problem is that sound doesn't work after hibnerating, but I can live with that as long as my Palm works. ;-) If the Palm issue gets resolved, I might look into upgrading again. Possibly in half a year or so... Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ +64 (7) 838-4466 Ext. 5174