Re: Let's have a vote!
Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> writes:
> On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 23:50:45 +1300
> Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 09:49:10PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
>> > On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:32:38 -0400
>
>> > Yes. I'm a huge believer in wiping and reinstalling major versions.
>> > It's like spring cleaning, and I eliminate ghosts of operating
>> > systems past.
>>
>> And then there's the rest of us who run Debian precisely because you
>> don't have to reinstall. It's great because you only ever need to
>> install once.
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>
> [...]
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> How many others here have experiences like Chris'? My opinions are
> based on Windows, Mandrake and Mandriva. By the time I got to Ubuntu in
> 2007 (and Debian in 2013), I was solidly in the habit of reinstalls and
> never tried a major version upgrade on Ubuntu or Debian.
Huh? I left non-upgradability behind when I replaced OS/2 with Linux.
It's too much of a hassle to start over all the time.
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