For instance, my Feisty ---> Gutsy upgrade went well, as did a recent upgrade from OSX 10.4 ---> 10.5. I still wiped both of those installs out after I did them, though. :)
Dave Cooley dcooley@kiva.net
Simón Ruiz wrote:
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org> wrote:I rarely do an "upgrade". I usually wipe and reinstall. Its a good oppurtunity for me to clean things up like my home directory, discover new software, drop unused software and avoid these wierd problems that happen when you upgrade your operating system. It really is not a Linux thing, its an OS thing. Windows, Linux, Mac.. same difference. Don't upgrade. Reinstall. Except with Windows you also reinstall it to fix most problems.Yeah, it's like an opportunity to re-evaluate all the junk you put on your system and whether you even want it anymore. Also, if you're anything like me, you tend to fiddle with the more esoteric configurations and settings, you tend to want software from outside of the official repos so you add unofficial repos to your sources and/or compile/recompile stuff from source and generally do the sorts of things that the people preparing the "upgrade" scripts can't reasonably be expected to foresee having to deal with. If I don't do that sort of fiddling, my upgrades work. Since I do, though, I avoid the hassle of even trying. Plus, as Mark said, it's a good opportunity for personal computing habit reflection and an excellent chance to let go of some of the garbage I know I accumulate on my hard disks.-- Mark Krenz Bloomington Linux Users Group http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/Simón _______________________________________________ BLUG mailing list BLUG@linuxfan.com http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug
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