On 06/26/2012 04:59 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 26/06/12 18:31, Istvan Gabor wrote:
2012. június 26. 8:16 napon Larry Stotler
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Istvan
My personal opinion is that you should always do a clean install - ie, start from zero. Especially now that you are about to install a new 64-bit system.
Backup your most important files/directories/whatever and install "with a clean slate".
What I have always done is to take a copy of my .mozilla, .thunderbird, and .xine directories in my /home, and also take a copy of Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Video and any other directories which contain files which cannot be downloaded again without some effort, and then install openSUSE as a *NEW* installation. This way you are not carrying any (unnecessary and damaging) baggage from the previous version (and especially from your 32-bit system to the new 64-bit system).
BC
That is a good idea. One question - is there a quick way to get a list of all the best apps you have used on the old system and install them using zypper in kind of a quick fashion? Or is it better to just do them one at a time. I know that Yast is probably easier because you can just click on all the ones you want before installing, but I am wondering if there is a kind of standard way to do that. -- G.O. Box #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.4 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | ATI Radeon HD 3300 | 16GB Box #2: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.4 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB Laptop: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.3 | Core2 Duo T8100 | 64 | Intel 965GM | 4GB RAM learning openSUSE and loving it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org