On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 15:55 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > William Case wrote: > >> I second or third this suggestion. It is tiring every 6 months to have > >> to start from scratch so to speak. > >> > > > > On the other hand -- there are people like me who like to play around > > with Fedora; adding new programs that hardly get used; trying out > > different configurations; experimenting and learning. Doing a new > > version install lets me get rid of all the cruff and start over every so often. > > > > So what happens after you've learned something and are ready to do > some real work with your system - and then next time that cruft is > something worth saving? > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > Yeah, exactly. That's why I love these new dual-layer 8 gig dvd's. You can condense a heck of alot of 700 meg CD archives onto one DL-DVD. I just spent quite a bit of time looking thru some old 700 meg cd archives for a bit of cruft that hadn't seen action for 5 years. And it was needed real bad. There's only three rules when you backup. Backup, backup, and backup. :) LX -- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Off Topic or Political Discussions: http://mandrakeot.mdw1982.com/ http://www.mdw1982.com/mailman/listinfo/mandrakeot "Character is what you do when nobody's looking." - J.C. Watts °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
