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I want to upgrade to 13.10 mainly because I want my computer to recognize my Samsung GS4. I am pretty happy with Ubuntu as it's faster then windows and way more everything, tough it's hard sometimes with compatibility.

I want to know what will happen:

-The new stuff ( ok please not everything )

-Will this erase stuff I have right now ? ( like folder with music, background, etc...)

-How long will it take ?

-How should I do it ?

Braiam
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Unfortunately you can not upgrade directly from 12.04 to 13.10. You have to do all the steps in between as this answer explains: Can I skip over releases when upgrading?

So in your case from 12.04 to 12.10 to 13.04 to 13.10. As this is neither practical nor desirable I would suggest that you either make a backup of your /home/YOUR_USERNAME folder to keep all your music and other personal files save and then download the Ubuntu 13.10 image to make a fresh install. Or the other thing you could do is wait till Ubuntu 14.04 LTS comes out in april and then do an update.

The good thing about the second possibility is that you don't have to reinstall your system because you can do direct system upgrades between LTS (Long-Term Support) releases.

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  • Thanks ! I will do a direct upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04 :) Tough can I lose anything in the process ? – user258864 Mar 16 '14 at 16:09
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    As far as my experience goes no. The worst thing that could happen is the upgrade messing up your graphic drivers and leaving you with a system that won't boot to the graphical interface...which would be annoying but not unsolvable. But just to be safe I would back up my important data anyways. – Daniel W. Mar 16 '14 at 16:13
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    13.04 is no longer supported, would that be a problem during the upgrade? – Dan Mar 17 '14 at 06:30
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    @Dan look at http://askubuntu.com/questions/368068/how-will-people-upgrade-from-12-10-to-later-releases-after-13-04-is-eol – Rmano Mar 17 '14 at 15:47