Ubuntu successfully updated
I did it! I managed to update my Ubuntu 7.04 installation to the new 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon”.
I did have some broken sources in my /etc/apt/sources.list which happened to make the automatic update fail. I was using a 3rd party repository for compiz-fusion, which stopped the update process. After running #aptitude upgrade and #aptitude dist-upgrade manually and removing the old compiz-fusion version from the 3rd party repository, however, the update completed successfully.
The new Ubuntu “Gutsy Gibbon” doesn’t look that different, unlike we know it from Windows updates… it’s basically the same system, just some packages have been updated. Probably the most significant update is compiz-fusion, which is now enabled by default, if your graphics card supports it and provides some neat desktop effects that make work fun again. You can choose between two levels of desktop effects, the basic one (with few effects) and the extended one (with a lot of effects). You can, however, adjust the plug-in configuration in detail if you choose to do so, which will probably provide you with the best suite of effects.
If you don’t know, what I’m talking about, check out some YouTube videos on Compiz-Fusion.