On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Alan Bourke <[email protected]>wrote:
> > It definitely needs to be done every once in a while regardless of OS. > Prepare for immediate dust-off and nuke the entire site from orbit. > Probably a lot easier in the *nix world which is just as well as major > versions appear much more frequently. > > Updates are the bane of our existence. Too few and we complain of old, unresolved bugs and impossible learning curves when they ship. Too many and we get bogged down with trying to keep up. Darned if you do and if you don't. As I was discussing with Jeff over on ProLinux, I've got custom stuff like fonts and terminal color schemes stuffed into odd corners of the OS. Most stuff is in the home directory: preferences, history, browser settings, projects. That's easy (ish) to backup and restore, allowing for some bumps with major upgrades. It's the dinky stuff, remembering where you found that cool utility, which plugins you use, that can be a hassle to reset. But those are getting easier too. More smart package managers, browsers syncing between machines, etc. makes it all easier. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4vgq54axr0rwqktoqt3c+kz5kgoah_0w+pohtym0xh...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
