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The Hardy Heron Alpha 3 is the third alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04 lots of things has been fixed in this version and excellent new features has been added, i am using Gusty and i am having some problems with the new kernel update that effects the sound and other modules so that what made me upgrade to the Hardy version to fix this problem easily and see/test the new features of it by the way the version i am upgrading to is still an alpha release, the final stable version will be released in April 2008 .

so lets start upgrading!!

first we are going to back up the repositories file.

root::qnix[0]@~ $ cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup

then open the repositories file using whatever text editor you like gedit for example and then go to Search->Replace

search for “gutsy” and replace it with “hardy” , save the file and close the text-editor

then go to the terminal and type

root::qnix[0]@~ $ apt-get update

to resynchronize the package index files from their sources. then type

root::qnix[0]@~ $ apt-get dist-upgrade

to upgrade from gutsy to Hardy…

you’ll see lots of new packages to install or upgrade ..so go and watch some TV then come back and everything is upgraded…

enjoy!! ;)