7 Oct
2020
7 Oct
'20
6:53 p.m.
On Wednesday 07 October 2020 01:16:52 pm deloptes via tde-users wrote:
Michael via tde-users wrote:
This is why I like *nix. So many choices, and none of them are the ‘only
way.’
Two points of clarity though:
- The oddities are from the new version of *nix, they’re the same whether you
install from scratch or upgrade like you do.
- The entire amount of calendar time it takes me to do a completely clean
install while preserving homedir (which keeps all my ‘castle’ the same as you
keeping all your ‘castle’ through upgrading) is about 20 minutes...
Again, there is no right answer, both ways work and both achieve the exact
same results...
Best,
Michael
Yeah, I never upgrade. I always do a clean
install and preserve my
homedir. *
I never do a new install unless I need to setup a clean system.
I keep my system clean and stable. A new installation is like moving in a
new home - you have to arrange the furniture and everything again.
Upgrade is like painting the walls in new color and replacing or better
renovating some furniture.
It took me several years to get the home-office setup I am using, but since
5y+ I just upgrade software and/or hardware. Together with TDE it is a
blessing. You sit down, do your work and leave - no issues to debug, no
problems to solve.
You still get oddities, but you usually end up
with a much cleaner (e.g.
more stable) system that way.
Oddities are symptoms for disease - you choose to burn your "house" and
build a new one, I choose to fix. I guess it depends what kind of "house"
you have ... from hut to castle :) it makes a difference in the time to
build :)