> just wondering. when a new release comes out, do people generally download
> an iso and do a reinstall? i mean, most distros (especially fedora with a
> choice of yum or apt) can just upgrade to the new release by ungrading
> through their package manager.
>> the people that are donwloading the isos atm surely can't be ALL doing
> fresh installs. if that were the case, then the uptake of linux would be
> astounding.
Not necessarily, I plan to nuke one perfectly good install, all fully
configured and up2date. Curiosity and all that. A fresh install is best in
this case as its another distro. I only have to keep /home, and even that
can go as all the real data (email) is on imap.
I have done upgrades in the past, but they take too long and I have no
patience for slow computers.
Conor Wynne
Dublin
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