Upgrade to 11.04

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 23:24 -0400, Douglas S. Saylor wrote: 
> On Sun, 2011-05-15 at 05:59 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > What would be the suggested method to upgrade to 11.04 from 10.10. I
> > suppose there are 2 methods, one is through Update Manager and the
> > other is a Clean Install using CD/USB
> > Any pros and cons of the above two methods?
> 
>    I'm no expert, but I can't think of ANY worthy reason for
> updating/upgrading. I had an upgrade fail once, forced to do a clean
> install & I started thinking ...why WOULD I do an upgrade? The clean
> install from a USB took 15-minutes from the partition screen to 1st
> boot. Took WAY longer to upgrade & in the end failure. Maybe BECAUSE I'm
> no expert I can't imagine NOT doing a clean install. 
>    With Micro$oft Windows computers I fix for friends, a clean install
> is a panacea. Again, maybe because I'm not expert ...but if you have all
> your files backed-up, why NOT clean install? Perhaps I will learn the
> benefits of updating/upgrading!

Once thing I had to learn, in a behavioral modification class, is that
humans make mistakes 15% of the time. Always. I took that class from
being perpetually pissed when people made mistakes that affected me. So,
I have lowered my expectations towards others and feel like I am better
for it. Kinda like the upgrade from LTS to LTS. Sure, it's ~supposed~ to
work because some one ~promised~ that it would. To me, there is WAY too
much room for error, as there is no way a human could anticipate and
provide for every change there was in such a version leap. And, for me
to hold someone accountable for living up to such a promise, is most
likely unrealistic. 

When Nevada was part of my territory I learned how to bet. I found the
come-on machine that always paid off and got back several hundred off of
$7 worth of bets. I didn't play it up past that amount, as I wanted it
to behave in the same fashion the next month, when I returned, without
being reset. Like a clean install, the likelihood of all issues being
addressed has more probability for success than an upgrade. To me, it's
a good bet. :) Ric


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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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