Am 07.07.2013 17:53, schrieb lee: > Heinz Diehl <htd@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> On 07.07.2013, lee wrote: >> >>> What kind of crap is that? >> >> I don't know. >> >>> And does it mean that there again will be problems with updating when I try >>> to move to F19? >> >> In general, I would always prefer a fresh install over any >> update. Experience over the years has shown (for me) that updating is more >> prone to cause various trouble.. > > That is not an option. I can't start from scratch every half year and > waste a week or two to get the system back to how I need it. Half a > year uptime isn't long; a distribution upgrade twice a year is ok and it > doesn't hurt to reboot then. Re-installing every half year is > ridiculous. If Fedora cannot be updated without major problems, it's > not useable. *it can* and i am doing this since many many years having dozens of machines which are gone from F9 to F18 over they years what means there was the switch to systemd, UsrMove and so on and yes i am one of them where a fresh setup would mean some day sahrd work to get all my customizations back because i use Linux to 100% control and customize my system if you follow this guides *strictly* and willing to learn to deal wtih "package-cleanup --leaves | --problems | --orphans and to understand how your OS basically works you are fine http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum if you want simple fire&forget upgrades and not invest time and energy to learn how the system basically works and what major changes are meaning for you in case of upgrades use CentOS or whatever LTS distribution
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