upgrade zorin 5.2 from Natty to Oneiric

zorin 5.2 is based on ubuntu natty, and it's very easy to upgrade to ubuntu oneiric.
the benefits are that oneiric gives support until april 2013.

upgrading is very easy and self explaning, however, bear in mind that the downloads are about 1Gb in size, and the upgrade will take more than 1 hour

this is what i have done so far:
- backup all your important data
- create a oneiric sources.list from here: http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/ , copy the output to a file and save it on a safe place.
maybe you have to replace the sources.list in /etc/apt into this one after the upgrade
perform the following actions:

Upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10

Network Upgrade for Ubuntu Desktops (Recommended)

You can easily upgrade over the network with the following procedure.

Open the Update Manager application from the System → Administration menu.

In Update Manager, click the Settings... button, and enter your password to start the Software Sources application.

Select the sub menu Updates from the Software Sources application.

Check the "Release upgrade - Show new distribution releases" drop down to make sure "Normal releases" is selected, and change it if otherwise.
Close the Software Sources application and return to Update Manager.

In Update Manager, click the Check button to check for new updates.

If there are any updates to install, use the Install Updates button to install them, and press Check again after that is complete.
A message will appear informing you of the availability of the new release.

Click Upgrade.
Follow the on-screen instructions.

upgrade sucessfully
after the upgrade i had to do apt-get -f install, in order to resolve dependency's

i replaced the excisting sources.list by:

Code:

#############################################################
################### OFFICIAL UBUNTU REPOS ###################
#############################################################

###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main restricted universe multiverse

###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-backports main restricted universe multiverse

###### Ubuntu Partner Repo
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner

###### Ubuntu Extras Repo
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main

##############################################################
##################### UNOFFICIAL  REPOS ######################
##############################################################

###### 3rd Party Binary Repos

#### Chromium Project - http://code.google.com/chromium/
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4E5E17B5
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main

#### Opera - http://www.opera.com/
## Run this command: sudo wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ lenny non-free

#### Pidgin - http://pidgin.im
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys A1F196A8
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main

#### qBittorrent - http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 47B4D1C4
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/hydr0g3n/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main

#### Tor: anonymity online - http://www.torproject.org/
## Run this command: gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 886DDD89 && gpg --export --armor 94C09C7F  | sudo apt-key add -
deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org oneiric main

#### Webmin - http://www.webmin.com
## Run this command: wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib

#### SABnzbd - http://sabnzbd.org/
## Run this command:  sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4BB9F05F
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jcfp/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main # disabled on upgrade to oneiric

#### VLC Media Player  - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40130828
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/ppa/ubuntu maverick main # disabled on upgrade to oneiric

#### LibreOffice 3.5 - http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 1378B444
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main # disabled on upgrade to oneiric

#### Tor: anonymity online - http://www.torproject.org/
## Run this command: gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 886DDD89 && gpg --export --armor 94C09C7F  | sudo apt-key add -
deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org lucid main # disabled on upgrade to oneiric


sudo apt-get update, and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade result's in some extra update's
users may experiance in an error pointing to gpg-key's
these needs te be resolved first.

everyting works smooth now, except my wireless,, still working on it

Thank you for the above. I just have 2 questions.

i)After the upgrade do you still have zorin or all has changed to ubuntu 11.10?

ii)Why not wait for Zorin 6 which will be based on ubuntu 12.04 ???

1- i have to admit that most of zorin has been upgraded to ubuntu 11.10
2- yes, i can wait, but i like to experiment.

nevertheless , this upgrade is very easy and safe

Hi,

as nice as it sounds, you are forgetting one major point in this excercise, Oneric is based on Gnome 3 and Zorin 5 on Gnome 2, they are not compatible with one another in more than one way!!.

I do not recommend this to other forum members, please wait for the next version of Zorin which is based on Gnome 3.

Regards Wolfman

i agree, but it works, i experiance no issues

NewZorinUser wrote:upgrade sucessfully
after the upgrade i had to do apt-get -f install, in order to resolve dependency's

i replaced the excisting sources.list by:

Code:

#############################################################
################### OFFICIAL UBUNTU REPOS ###################
#############################################################

###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main restricted universe multiverse

###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-backports main restricted universe multiverse

###### Ubuntu Partner Repo
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner

###### Ubuntu Extras Repo
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main

##############################################################
##################### UNOFFICIAL  REPOS ######################
##############################################################

###### 3rd Party Binary Repos

#### Chromium Project - http://code.google.com/chromium/
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4E5E17B5
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main

#### Opera - http://www.opera.com/
## Run this command: sudo wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ lenny non-free

#### Pidgin - http://pidgin.im
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys A1F196A8
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main

#### qBittorrent - http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 47B4D1C4
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/hydr0g3n/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main

#### Tor: anonymity online - http://www.torproject.org/
## Run this command: gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 886DDD89 && gpg --export --armor 94C09C7F  | sudo apt-key add -
deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org oneiric main

#### Webmin - http://www.webmin.com
## Run this command: wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib

#### SABnzbd - http://sabnzbd.org/
## Run this command:  sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4BB9F05F
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jcfp/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main # disabled on upgrade to oneiric

#### VLC Media Player  - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40130828
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/ppa/ubuntu maverick main # disabled on upgrade to oneiric

#### LibreOffice 3.5 - http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 1378B444
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main # disabled on upgrade to oneiric

#### Tor: anonymity online - http://www.torproject.org/
## Run this command: gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 886DDD89 && gpg --export --armor 94C09C7F  | sudo apt-key add -
deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org lucid main # disabled on upgrade to oneiric


sudo apt-get update, and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade result's in some extra update's
users may experiance in an error pointing to gpg-key's
these needs te be resolved first.

everyting works smooth now, except my wireless,, still working on it

Hi,

you said you had no issues but your post above tells us otherwise!!.

I would not recommend updating using the method you stated as it may break the system entirely!!. I hope you suffer no problems!!.

Regards Wolfman