Heh. I remember I made a similar comment some five years or so back, on the Fedora user list.
Things sure change. It wasn't by any chance you that I said it to? ;-P -- Joel Rees On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 12:27 PM, David Christensen < dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 06/30/13 19:23, Joel Rees wrote: > >> After the reboot, I decided to install the flashrom package, and after the >> install finishes, I find in front of me what appears to be an >> execute-command-as dialog. >> > > Every time I see people posting messages "upgrading from major version N > to N+1", I just shake my head. That used to be me. > > I now back up/ archive my data, move my data to different system(s), > reconfigure my back up/ archive scripts, back up/ archive my data, take an > image of the system drive, wipe the system drive, do a fresh install, take > an image of the system drive, move my data back, reconfigure my back up/ > archive scripts, and back up/ archive my data. > > As I gain experience with N+1, I repeat the process until I'm satisfied > with the result. > > Good luck, > > David >