03-18-2014, 02:47 AM
(03-18-2014, 12:21 AM)N4RPS link Wrote: When I WAS upgrading every six months, I always did a clean install anyway. Something ALWAYS gets lost in the shuffle when upgrading. It's usually just plain better to 'nuke it and start over'...
Agree completely with this! Too many potential problems doing an in-place "upgrade". Would guess that majority of people do fresh installs vs. upgrades for that reason and because it can actually be quicker. Some older, established Linux distros also don't offer an "upgrade" path due to the potential complications (CentOS being one example, I believe) -- so "no upgrade choice" is not just limited to newer distros. (Personally, I'd never use it even if it were a choice in LL.)
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