[ubuntu-in] Clean Install or Dist Upgrade - which is better

[Parag Kothari]

I disagree that Automatix screws up the system... I have done dist-upgrades
at all times without any problems... Its always a great idea to have a
separate home partition as it saves all ur preferences even if u go for a
fresh install...

On 2/1/07, ramnarayan.k at gmail.com <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Onkar Shinde wrote:
> > On 2/1/07, ramnarayan.k at gmail.com <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Which is preferable -
> >> A fresh Install to a newer version of Ubuntu or a Distribution Upgrade
> ??
> >>
> >> Would appreciate your comments, experiences and why's and why nots ?
> >>
> >
> > Dist upgrade, as long as you haven't screwed your system by using
> > tools like automatix.
>
> Aha, why does Automatix screw things up - (also to be read as I have
> used automatix) ??
>
> Dist upgrade will preserve your
> > settings/profiles, properly upgrade your apps to newer version etc.
> >
> > I have been doing dist upgrade since Ubuntu 5.04 (5.04 -> 5.10 -> 6.06
> > -> 6.10) and never had major issues.
> Cool, sounds like a good thing - i have done exactly the reverse - a
> fresh install everytime
>
> ram
>
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