On Thursday 02 February 2006 07:19, Carlos E. R. wrote: <snip>
I rather find the contrary is true, updates are less work for me... :-p
It depends a lot on each case, I suppose.
It depends on how customized one's system has become. I know from your posts, Carlos, that you have a *lot* more time and work invested in configuring services on your system that I don't use. I mostly add software and that's not too difficult to keep track of.
By the way, if you have a number of localized rpms, it is not a bad idea to have /usr/local in a different partition - same reason as for /home.
This is an excellent idea that I plan to postpone for as long as possible. :-) I'm so busy using the system now I don't have time to "tinker."
Also, I believe a full backup previous to either update or new install is mandatory. Should be.
Definitely worth the time in your case. I get by with backing up my data, since I can bring that into any fresh install regardless of version. So, this is another area where differences are rational. Thanks for your input, Carlos! - Carl