Fedora 7: The Linux Knight in Shining Armor?
William Case
billlinux at rogers.com
Tue Jan 23 03:45:32 UTC 2007
Hi Les et al:
I am sure that you understand most of my previous reply was written with
a bit of my tongue in part of my cheek. However ...
On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 21:05 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> William Case wrote:
> >
> >>> On the other hand -- there are people like me who like to play around
> >>> with Fedora; adding new programs that hardly get used; trying out
> >>> different configurations; experimenting and learning. Doing a new
> >>> version install lets me get rid of all the cruff and start over every so often.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> So what happens after you've learned something and are ready to do
> >> some real work with your system - and then next time that cruft is
> >> something worth saving?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Why then, I add the additional programs I want to the fresh install and
> > backup the configuration files I want to keep. It is still easier than
> > trying to undo all the havoc I might have created over the last six
> > months.
> >
> >
> But you won't always be a beginner creating havoc. You'll get to the
> point where
> you set something up that runs for a year doing something useful
> without attention
> and you might think that was pretty good. Then when you manage a few
> hundred
> such boxes, you'll wonder why you are still re-installing one from
> scratch every
> day.
>
> --
Your point is well taken. I can feel that day arriving.
One thing I wrote in that previous post that I am very serious about
was:
"Fedora gives you a choice of a full update or a fresh install. Let's
keep both."
Of all the advantages that Fedora and/or Linux has over other OSes, the
best is the number of options and configurations Linux has to offer.
'My way or the door way' feels like the M$ kind of response I am trying
to avoid. As long as there are volunteers to create various options,
those options should be made available. To me there doesn't have to be
one or the other -- 'update' or 'fresh install'. Give people the
choice.
If the means of upgrading can be improved; discuss it; do it. But don't
take away something someone else uses. The release of Fedora 7, 8, ...
etc. could mean either a) its time for a fresh install or, b) if you
haven't updated lately now would be a good time.
--
Regards Bill
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