Eager to try the newest Ubuntu distro, I almost had upgraded my desktop PC at work from 7.03 to 7.10. Fortunately, I avoided a disasterous situation. At home, I tried using the alternate disc CD as well as the network upgrade AND a raw installation. Nada. Ubuntu actually screwed up my home system pretty badly. The alternate disc CD didn't make it through the installation, the network installation froze my computer and destroyed whatever work I had going and the raw install Desktop disc didn't even make it through despite saying that the disc was fine after a checksum.
This is highly disappointing and so I might just wait off a few months before reattempting to upgrade my OS. Unfortunately, this also means I have to re-install 7.03 on my home system since the upgrade totally whacked my system.
I don't know what happened, but I think it's best to hold off until they can get this resolved. Then again, knowing how Linux distributions go, it's really best to wait two or three months before grabbing the current distribution. They really need to stabilize this.
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