No wired or wireless network

[Liam Proven]

On 19 October 2013 21:51, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
>
> What are the reasons not to?

Because, as the OP discovered, they fill up with old kernels, and then
you're screwed.

>> [2] Don't try to fix your old installation. Back up the stuff in /home
>> and do a full clean reinstall.
>
> Ah, the M$ solution.

Well, also the Ubuntu solution, as "inspired" by Mac OS X. The
installer explicitly looks for and preserves an existing /home tree
while nuking everything else. It is a standard feature.

Windows can't do that.

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