On Wed, 6 May 2020 10:21:03 -0700 Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 5/6/20 7:42 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > So, my question: which of the two approaches is "better"? The latter is swankier while coming up, but is the one with the Windows-type message (Upgrading system -- please do not turn off your computer, or something similar) but if there is no difference, I prefer the first. > > A simple upgrade is somewhat risky because you are replacing almost > every component of the currently running system. It is very possible > that the terminal you are running the command in (unless you're on the > console) or the desktop could crash. Then you end up with a > half-upgraded system that might not function. The system-upgrade runs > offline with nothing else running so it's safe that way. Also, > system-upgrade sometimes has extra handling for certain situations. For > example, the upgrade to F32 required resetting all the modules. > > I will do regular updates live (I have run into issues with that a > couple of times though), but for new releases I always use system-upgrade. There is an option called "upgrade" under dnf system-upgrade. However: https://fedoramagazine.org/upgrading-fedora-31-to-fedora-32/ does not mention it and suggests using: sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=32 What is the difference? Many thanks, Ranjan _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
