That's all secondhand info. I'm a beginner (been running Ubuntu 5.10 since October), I have yet to upgrade. After seeing some comments here, though, I may try to dist-upgrade when Dapper goes out.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 2/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:smac@visi.com">smac@visi.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:smac@visi.com">smac@visi.com</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;">
How many hours do you spend before you "Reinstall"?<br><br>You may want to down load the ISO and do an upgrade.<br><br><br>Sam.<br><br>Quoting Jim Crumley <<a href="mailto:crumley@belka.space.umn.edu">crumley@belka.space.umn.edu
</a>>:<br><br>> 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
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