> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Stefan Monnier > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > I'll second his opinion. >> >> I may agree with his opinion as well, actually (I'm quite aware that >> doing continous micro-upgrades as I do with Debian testing, is >> completely different from upgrading only once a year or so), but not >> with what he wrote: >> >> >>> IMO it is always better to do a clean install, and even to wipe your >> >>> home dir. >> >> The "always" is clearly wrong, even more so with the "home dir" part: >> that means having to reinstall your personal preferences at every >> upgrade. At that cost, I'd rather upgrade once per decade only. >> >> >> Stefan > >
I like/need my laptop to be HA and my gf demands the same. So, I setup the disk for two OS's (12 gig root's and two large home partitons) then install the new / over the oldest /. eg now im installing 9.10 over 8.04 and running 9.04 so basically you end up with two /home's, and old and a new. and I find that stuff that doesnt make it to the new home by the time upgrade comes around is cluttered anyways. works for me, but you have to consider that io like to wipe the slate relativly clean every six months. also there have been two or three times that I was happy to have the old old version. skype and pulse audio come to mind. -Aric
_______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
