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Re: Possible New User - Intro



Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 12:16:46PM -0600, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
 Can one switch from one
version to another, from Etch to Sid for example, by simply updating
sources.list and running an update/upgrade?  I do like the "rolling update"
feature some distribution, such as Arch, have.

yes, the upgrade is as simple as you've put it

Just a clarification: "upgrading" is fairly painless usually, but that's not necessarily the same as "switching from one version to another".

The point being, "downgrading" is next to impossible.

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Kent West
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