Hi Alvin, I recently did an update on my Laptop from 9.1 pro to 9.3 pro and all went smoothly. But, in any case, you have to backup your stuff, because you never know what happens to your configuration files during the update. E.g., Mail settings or address entries could be lost due to another kmail config file version etc. On the other hand, SuSE seems to have remedied most of the update issues they had in earlier versions, and updating really can save a lot of hassle depending on your setup. In my case, it were the ssh hostkeys, the samba server setups, setup of our backup facility etc. which made me try the update. So my recommendation is: 1) Backup your machine 2) try the update 3) if the result is unacceptable, re-install from scratch and pull your stuff from the update.
I have just ordered 9.3 myself. I'm curious, do you guys recommend I perform an upgrade or a fresh install? I am running 9.1 pro.
Thanks,
Alvin
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