Re: Affraid to Upgrade from FC9 to FC12

2009-11-12 Thread Konstantin Svist
On 11/12/2009 09:43 AM, Roger wrote: The question really comes down to how important the constant upgrades really are to each of us. Not quite. I lived very happily with F8 (KDE3.5) until 11 came out. Mind you, it was because KDE4 sucked, but that's another discussion. By F11, though, there

Re: Affraid to Upgrade from FC9 to FC12

2009-11-12 Thread Roger
snip Most programs can be upgraded in-place. And I've seen a new package completely replace an old package in a regular update. So what's the goal/point of upgrades? /snip Point taken. I think it's something we've grown accustomed to with cutting edge technology. For me, I consider Fedora

Affraid to Upgrade from FC9 to FC12

2009-11-11 Thread Kevin O'Neil
Greetings everyone, I am hoping that someone can help me decide if I should upgrade or not. I am very afraid to upgrade when FC12 comes out because I have tweaked almost every part of FC9 to get it to work the way I want. It works 110% right now. Is there a security issue that I should be

Re: Affraid to Upgrade from FC9 to FC12

2009-11-11 Thread Roger
On 11/12/2009 08:58 AM, Kevin O'Neil wrote: Greetings everyone, I am hoping that someone can help me decide if I should upgrade or not. I am very afraid to upgrade when FC12 comes out because I have tweaked almost every part of FC9 to get it to work the way I want. It works 110% right now. Is

Re: Affraid to Upgrade from FC9 to FC12

2009-11-11 Thread Kevin O'Neil
- Original Message - From: Roger are...@bigpond.com To: fedora-list@redhat.com Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:08 AM Subject: Re: Affraid to Upgrade from FC9 to FC12 On 11/12/2009 08:58 AM, Kevin O'Neil wrote: Greetings everyone, I am hoping that someone can help me decide if I

Re: Affraid to Upgrade from FC9 to FC12

2009-11-11 Thread n2xssvv.g02gfr12930
On 11/11/09 21:58, Kevin O'Neil wrote: Greetings everyone, I am hoping that someone can help me decide if I should upgrade or not. I am very afraid to upgrade when FC12 comes out because I have tweaked almost every part of FC9 to get it to work the way I want. It works 110% right now. Is

Re: Affraid to Upgrade from FC9 to FC12

2009-11-11 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 16:58:44 -0500, Kevin O'Neil ke...@kevinslair.com wrote: Greetings everyone, I am hoping that someone can help me decide if I should upgrade or not. I am very afraid to upgrade when FC12 comes out because I have tweaked almost every part of FC9 to get it to work the

Re: Affraid to Upgrade from FC9 to FC12

2009-11-11 Thread Konstantin Svist
On 11/12/2009 01:08 AM, Roger wrote: Would it be possible to install another hard drive and fresh install F12 on that, tweek it, get it how you want then copy your files over, then use the F9 hard drive as a back up. Roger rant This is the part I hate most about these upgrades. All options

Re: Affraid to Upgrade from FC9 to FC12

2009-11-11 Thread Aldo Foot
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Kevin O'Neil ke...@kevinslair.com wrote: Greetings everyone, I am hoping that someone can help me decide if I should upgrade or not. I am very afraid to upgrade when FC12 comes out because I have tweaked almost every part of FC9 to get it to work the way I

Re: Affraid to Upgrade from FC9 to FC12

2009-11-11 Thread Roger
rant This is the part I hate most about these upgrades. All options result in downtime. * Bite the bullet and upgrade production system. Do a backup first, in case new system doesn't work too well. Problem: if I run the new system for a month and then decide it's not ready for me yet, all