Specifically regarding Ubuntu (n00b alert: it's all I know), especially from 5.04 to 5.10. It's supposed to be better with 6.04. On 2/14/06, Jim Crumley <crumley at belka.space.umn.edu> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 10:50:57AM -0600, Pete Daniels wrote: > > As an aside, "apt-get dist-upgrade" is, from all I've heard, a generally > > unreliable way to do business. When Dapper releases in April, I'd > > reccommend a backup of /home and a fresh install. > > In what context did you hear that "apt-get dist-upgrade" was > unreliable? Just for Ubuntu? Because my experience with Debian > is that while there are occasional issues with upgrades, upgrades > work very well. As the saying goes, "Reinstalls are for Windows." > > -- > Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List > (TCLUG) > Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ > Never laugh at live dragons | > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20060214/7e6dcab4/attachment.htm