Specifically regarding Ubuntu (n00b alert: it's all I know), especially from 5.04 to 5.10. It's supposed to be better with 6.04.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jim Crumley</b>
<<a href="mailto:crumley@belka.space.umn.edu">crumley@belka.space.umn.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 10:50:57AM -0600, Pete Daniels wrote:<br>> As an aside, "apt-get dist-upgrade" is, from all I've heard, a generally<br>> unreliable way to do business. When Dapper releases in April, I'd
<br>> reccommend a backup of /home and a fresh install.<br><br>In what context did you hear that "apt-get dist-upgrade" was<br>unreliable? Just for Ubuntu? Because my experience with Debian<br>is that while there are occasional issues with upgrades, upgrades
<br>work very well. As the saying goes, "Reinstalls are for Windows."<br><br>--<br>Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG)<br>Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-
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