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Re: Update required for Debathena on AILERON.MIT.EDU
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Qiqi Wang)
Mon Dec 6 14:44:12 2010
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Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:44:03 -0500
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From: Qiqi Wang <qiqi@MIT.EDU>
To: "IS&T Athena Release Team" <release-team@mit.edu>
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Hi Jonathan,
The computer is already upgraded to 10.04.
Qiqi
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> You are receiving this e-mail because you are listed as the Moira
> contact for AILERON.MIT.EDU.
>
> This machine is currently running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty). Ubuntu 9.04 was
> desupported by Ubuntu at the end of October. This means that your
> workstation will no longer receive security updates or bugfixes, so we
> recommend you upgrade your workstation to Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) as soon
> as possible.
>
> ** In the future, to ensure you continue to receive important
> information about supported versions of Debathena, please add yourself
> to the release-announce mailing list. This list is very low-traffic,
> with only 4-5 e-mails per year. You may subscribe to the list at:
> https://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/release-announce
>
> If you choose to upgrade your workstation, please note that the upgrade
> is a two-step process: you will need to first upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10
> (Karmic), and from there to Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid). Alternatively, you
> may choose to backup any local data, and re-install your workstation.
>
> Instructions on upgrading your workstation can be found at:
> http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/TgVa
>
> As with any software installation or upgrade, we recommend that you
> have a recent backup of your locally-stored data before beginning the
> upgrade process. We also recommend you fully test any important
> software before upgrading, or consider installing a new, separate Lucid
> workstation.
>
> If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send e-mail to
> debathena@mit.edu.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jonathan Reed IS&T Athena Release Team release-team@mit.edu
>
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Qiqi Wang
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bldg 33 Rm 408, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Phone 01-617-253-0921, Email qiqi@mit.edu
