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newbie question

OZZIE

Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:42:17 pm

Hi all this is my 1st post and it may be a rather stupid 1 but i am new to zorin (2days)......i am getting pop ups about the latest ubunta release and i want to know if it is ok to update or is zorin specific to the distro it came with.... (if it is a daft question i am sorry but we all gotta learn :D )


Thanks in advance

madvinegar

Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:07:01 am

I find it rather difficult that you are getting pop-ups for updating to the next ubuntu release.
The only updates that you should be getting are the normal updates of the distro and the kernel (up to 2.6.38-14).

Is Zorin your only OS, or have you installed it in parallel with ubuntu...?

Wolfman

Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:50:33 am

Hi,

open your software sources and look at "Updates" > then bottom right, you can disable that feature!!. You should not use it to update Zorin!!. (The pic is from Ubuntu 12.04 Precise btw; but the principal is the same!)

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Regards Wolfman :D

madvinegar

Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:10:58 am

Good day WM! Ozzie says he is using Zorin only for two days. The default option in zorin updates is "never" (when it comes to updates of new releases).

So, supposing that he has not changed anything in the update manager, why is he getting updates for ubuntu releases...?

OZZIE

Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:58:55 pm

swarfendor437 wrote:I think he should run 'dpkg' whilst starting the machine or whilst in there, open up a terminal (Alt+F2 to get 'run' dialog and enter 'gnome-terminal' without the quotes) and 'sudo dpkg --configure -a', then 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'.
swarf'


Ok i done all that and everything showed 0 so i guess no updates needed...

getting back to my original question! (which i guess has already been answered by doing the above ) ubuntu 11.10 is available click here to upgade shows in my update manager.....i take it i should just ignore this yes/no ?

madvinegar

Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:06:39 pm

Yes ignore it.
An not just ignore it but also open the update manager>settings and set to "never" the "release upgrade" option as wolfman says.

Just to reply to my question, have you altered any settings in the update manager?

OZZIE

Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:15:54 pm

no i had not previously altered anything , i did not know it was there till i got the pop up saying update available .. :D ...i have now set it to never though thanks....