[LAU] Distro upgrade vs: new install

[david]

On 05/30/2013 05:18 PM, hermann meyer wrote:
> Am 31.05.2013 02:09, schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
>> On Thu, 2013-05-30 at 16:05 -0700, Len Ovens wrote:
>>> So, fresh installs are still the best
>> Hi Len :)
>>
>> I prefer Arch Linux, the rolling release model usually does work
>> perfectly good.
>> Regards,
>> Ralf
>>
> Indeed, with a rolling release model this isn't true. I'm using
> debian/sid since a long time now, never do a fresh install, and there is
> no difference to a fresh installed system at all.
>
> greets
> hermann

Been running Sid for quite awhile. At times, doing an upgrade has hosed 
things. Then I boot the machine from Aptosid live CD and restore my 
system drive image ...

Haven't done a fresh install in years, although I'll have one coming up 
sometime when I'm finally able to replace my dead main laptop. My 
present laptops are 32-bit; the new will be 64-bit and running 64-bit 
Linux. I've found only one program I use (a proprietary photoprocessing 
app) that won't install on 64-bit anymore. Even their "64-bit" package 
just attempts to install the 32-bit version along with IA32-libs ...

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