Feisty to Gutsy: things that I should know by now

1. Never attempt to upgrade an Ubuntu distribution on the day of the new release
2. If you do, don’t use your primary desktop machine
3. Complex tasks that can trash a machine should not be performed after midnight

I only have myself to blame but still: I didn’t expect the upgrade manager to simply vanish midway through the procedure, leaving an unusable system. One thing that I have learned is not to panic. Provided /home is on a separate partition, you can always do a clean install from CD and restore your packages pretty quickly.

Not sure why I’m experiencing zen-like calm rather than seething rage – must be Friday.