Am Die, 2003-04-08 um 02.10 schrieb Joyce, Matthew: > > WinXP is to backup data, format drive, and do a fresh install. > > > > If you told someone trying to upgrade to sid (or the latest > > version of their > > favorite Linux distro), they would look at you like you were > > stupid. > > I wouldn't. > > > your recommendation was the best path to take, they would > > find a new OS. > > Yet, millions of people have happily backed up their data to > > CD or another > > drive and formated their machines for the "privilege" of > > installing WinXP. > > If they're happy, what is the problem. > > I like fdisk, it's a nice feeling to have a clean install. > People who have not fdisked since their first install do not know what they > are missing. Well if you install your source packages to /usr/local and use .deb's as often as you can, that shouldn't be a problem. > Same goes for those with reboot phobias. pffft. Huh? I'm using a laptop most of the time. When i stop working with it, i suspend it and very rarely reboot it. I can't see where this can cause problems. Server machines with high uptimes are a lil' bit different of course. You can't be sure that the server boots up cleanly after you restart it. That's just another reason to not reboot those machines ;) -- Matthias Hentges Cologne / Germany [www.hentges.net] -> PGP welcome, HTML tolerated ICQ: 97 26 97 4 -> No files, no URL's My OS: Debian Woody: Geek by Nature, Linux by Choice
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