That's all secondhand info. I'm a beginner (been running Ubuntu 5.10 since October), I have yet to upgrade. After seeing some comments here, though, I may try to dist-upgrade when Dapper goes out. On 2/14/06, smac at visi.com <smac at visi.com> wrote: > > How many hours do you spend before you "Reinstall"? > > You may want to down load the ISO and do an upgrade. > > > Sam. > > Quoting Jim Crumley <crumley at belka.space.umn.edu>: > > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/c15fcce8/attachment.htm