Stefan Monnier wrote: >> IMO it is always better to do a clean install, and even to wipe your >> home dir. >> > > Huh? What makes you say that? > > > Stefan "who installed Debian once six years ago and has since > just kept cloning and upgrading that install, very happy > not to have to install ever again" > You don't *have* to, just sometimes UI changes make config files weird or you have set something in gnome sound prefs that is now deprecated... I have run into enough of these issues where I feel it is nice to start afresh. If you know what you are doing and don't mind some reconfiguration, perfect to do what you have done. I do it to enough servers and other non-every day systems (all debian btw).
I do copy over alot of things on my desktop reinstalls, like .filezilla .mozilla .thunderbird .ssh Documents/ etc. I also have good daily backups so can restore anything if needed. I like seeing the default setup they are using, since I install it for newbie linux users and need to be able to say "click here, then click there". Jeremy _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
