On Wednesday 21 January 2004 08:29, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Wednesday 2004-01-21 at 07:22 -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote:
7.1 upgraded to 9.0. No loss. I was hoping it would fix the mess I had make of some parts of the system but no. I've had to do those myself.
Which is one of the best reasons for doing a fresh install. To get rid of old garbage, experiments, failures, etc.
But at the same time you loose all configurations that were working, and your own compilations and additions - that maybe took months to make and tune. That's a very good reason to try the upgrade - if it fails, you can always start fresh.
1) Not if you do it right. I always install a new release ---next to-- the old release so I can a) run the old if I need to, and b) compare old and new config files. 2) And your point is *another* good reason to do a fresh install. a) Clean up config files b) Re-do anything that needed re-doing c) Do some thing better. d) Re-learn all that you learned when you installed the last release so that when something breaks (and it will), you will be more able to fix it. e) Find out about new features rather than just going on with life. f) Tons of other reasons. BUT TAKE GOOD NOTES!!! You'll want them for the next fresh install.
It depends on what each person prefers, seeing the pros/cons of either solution. This has been argued in both directions hundreds of times, and no one will convince the others ;-)
-- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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