> meanwhile, i personally stay away from the 'upgrade distro' route, and > just do a fresh install on another partition. this way i can jump back > and forth between different versions of ubuntu until it's time to let > go of *either* one.
I would never be able to manage that!! Ubuntu comes with a new version every six months. Installing the OS afresh every six months, and adding all the specific software one uses to the default installation, cannot be a great way of doing things. I installed dapper drake on my machine, and have upgraded since to edgy, feisty and gutsy. If I were required to do fresh installation every six months, I will look for another distribution. I really think these big distribution upgrades every six months are a nuisance. They need to have a strategy that allows more gradual upgrades for about two years, and then perhaps do a full distribution change. I really wish Ubuntu stayed closer to Debian on some of these basic things. Vikas _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
