Tim: >> This shows just one advantage of doing fresh installs, instead of >> updates. Those of use who do fresh installs, won't have old keys from >> prior releases still on our systems. Gordon Messmer: > "Your keys" means your private authentication keys. The ones in > ~/.ssh. If you keep or restore your home directory, it doesn't matter > if you do a fresh install or an upgrade. I have a hard time imagining > any significant number of people disposing of all of their data every > time they update Fedora. I do. I don't carry over any of the hidden config files, from one release to another. Just my own work. Long ago, I found that carrying over any baggage from a prior release risks carrying over problems that were fixed with a new release, or adding new problems by incorporating incompatible configuration settings. I would suspect that a lot of people who do new installs and simply back-up and restore personal files, or drag and drop them, don't bother with the hidden files. Some will, of course. And a few are aware of potential problems by doing so. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages posted to the mailing list. Windows (TM) [Typhoid Mary]. They refuse to believe that there's anything wrong with it, but everyone else knows Windows is a disease that spreads. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
