On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 23:50:45 +1300 Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 09:49:10PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:32:38 -0400 > > Yes. I'm a huge believer in wiping and reinstalling major versions. > > It's like spring cleaning, and I eliminate ghosts of operating > > systems past. > > And then there's the rest of us who run Debian precisely because you > don't have to reinstall. It's great because you only ever need to > install once. Hi Chris, I assume that implicit in your reply is that such a major version upgrade works well, and that over the years you don't get all sorts of accumulated software dust bunnies doing funny things to you. How many others here have experiences like Chris'? My opinions are based on Windows, Mandrake and Mandriva. By the time I got to Ubuntu in 2007 (and Debian in 2013), I was solidly in the habit of reinstalls and never tried a major version upgrade on Ubuntu or Debian. I just advised another poster to reinstall from scratch, so perhaps it would be good to see how many succeeded, and how many failed, by upgrading past major versions. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140928112922.40f7e...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
