William Case wrote:
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?
Why then, I add the additional programs I want to the fresh install and
backup the configuration files I want to keep. It is still easier than
trying to undo all the havoc I might have created over the last six
months.
But you won't always be a beginner creating havoc. You'll get to the
point where
you set something up that runs for a year doing something useful
without attention
and you might think that was pretty good. Then when you manage a few
hundred
such boxes, you'll wonder why you are still re-installing one from
scratch every
day.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
