Long ago, I had formatted and installed a dual-boot (Kubuntu and Windows-7) on my Laptop. My Laptop is Acer Aspire 5536G. It has an AMD Turion 2.2 GHz processor, 3 GB RAM and 500 GB Hard disk. Other paraphernalia like the graphics card, webcam, bluetooth, wireless LAN, DVD R/W drive etc., are present in it. Although the laptop can support 64 bit systems, both the operating systems installed are 32 bit versions.
During boot-up, the GRUB (?) comes up giving me choices to open either Linux or Windows (plus two more choices related to Linux) and I have been mostly using Windows. Both the operating systems are functioning normally without any problems. Today, I opened Kubuntu after nearly two years and it shows that an 'upgrade' to version 12.04 is possible. To check what version of Kubuntu I have, I typed in as directed in another place here and the result is as shown below:
nivedita@goonds-Aspire-5536:~$ cat/etc/lsb-release|grep DISTRIB_RELEASE
bash: cat/etc/lsb-release: No such file or directory
So, I do not know what is the exact version of Kubuntu and other associated programs that I have. However, going by the time that I had formatted and installed the operating systems on this computer, I guess the version of Kubuntu shoul be either 11.04 or an earlier version --- definitely not a later one.
Now, my question is . . . . . . . . . . Can I use the 'upgrade' facility from within Kubuntu to change the version of OS to Kubuntu 12.04 LTS as has been indicated? Or . . . . . . should I change over to an even later version if available? I want to be sure that the system's initial setup remains exactly same with option to either open WIndows or Kubuntu like it has been so far.
Secondly, with the Windows-7 32 bit system remaining as it is, can I upgrade to a 64 bit system of Kubuntu? Do I gain any special advantage by such upgradation?
Can someone help with specific answers please?
During boot-up, the GRUB (?) comes up giving me choices to open either Linux or Windows (plus two more choices related to Linux) and I have been mostly using Windows. Both the operating systems are functioning normally without any problems. Today, I opened Kubuntu after nearly two years and it shows that an 'upgrade' to version 12.04 is possible. To check what version of Kubuntu I have, I typed in as directed in another place here and the result is as shown below:
nivedita@goonds-Aspire-5536:~$ cat/etc/lsb-release|grep DISTRIB_RELEASE
bash: cat/etc/lsb-release: No such file or directory
So, I do not know what is the exact version of Kubuntu and other associated programs that I have. However, going by the time that I had formatted and installed the operating systems on this computer, I guess the version of Kubuntu shoul be either 11.04 or an earlier version --- definitely not a later one.
Now, my question is . . . . . . . . . . Can I use the 'upgrade' facility from within Kubuntu to change the version of OS to Kubuntu 12.04 LTS as has been indicated? Or . . . . . . should I change over to an even later version if available? I want to be sure that the system's initial setup remains exactly same with option to either open WIndows or Kubuntu like it has been so far.
Secondly, with the Windows-7 32 bit system remaining as it is, can I upgrade to a 64 bit system of Kubuntu? Do I gain any special advantage by such upgradation?
Can someone help with specific answers please?
Comment