Fresh install?

[Glenn R Williams]

Paul,

I too have had very good experiences with upgrades, especially with ubuntu. I 
haven't done a "clean install" for a while now (since Gutsy). When I was 
running SuSE Linux, I would occasionally have to reboot because it had trouble 
recognizing my SCSI CD, but that was long ago.

I think people are just being prudent, since many people forget to back up 
regularly anyway, and if something should go wrong, they are out of luck.

Glenn


On Wednesday 15 October 2008 12:08:05 Paul Lemmons wrote:
> There is something that has been bugging me for several years. While
> fairly new to Ubuntu I have been using Linux as my primary OS since
> Fedora core 2. The thing that has been a irritation for all of that time
> is the repeated recommendation to do a "Clean Install" instead of an
> upgrade. I spent most of the weekend rebuilding a friend's Windows
> laptop because it had gotten slow (tripled the speed just by
> reinstalling!). I was feeling quite superior in that I never have to do
> that with my laptop. It is always snappy regardless of what I add or
> remove and I am a software junky Then I check my email this morning and
> I see again the recommendation to do a "clean install" (<=rebuild your
> machine) and all the superior feelings dissipated.
>
> I upgraded my laptop from Fedora Core-2 through Fedora-7 without any
> issues. I did rebuild the laptop to convert it to Kubuntu. I installed
> GG-Beta and upgraded it through HH-Beta and the current HH. I plan on
> upgrading again when II goes GA. If I have to rebuild my laptop and my
> workstation at work I will be sorely disappointed, to put it lightly.
>
> Am I the only one with such a positive experience with the upgrade
> process? Do more of you upgrade or rebuild? Why the constant advice to
> backup your system, remember all of the apps you installed and then
> trash it to install clean and restore apps and files with a prayer that
> you did not miss anything?