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On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Arnold Krille  wrote:

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> While I do encounter the odd failure in updates every now and then, the

> number

> of catastrophic failures (possibly resulting in data-loss) has been zero

> with

> SuSE, Gentoo and ubuntu (*). The hours spent getting watching one system to

> upgrade while working with another where much better used then the hours

> spent

> setting up a new system with all the small quirks and settings to re-create

> my

> needed working environment.

>

You didn't mention Fedora.  I speak from experience, particularly from

upgrading FC8, and by "catastophic" I mean a failure that forces you to

scrap all efforts to complete the upgrade process and resort to a clean

installation.   Usually the failure happens after you've wasted a

significant amount of time and is so frustrating that you will swear off

ever upgrading a Fedora release again especially if it is for more than 2

major releases.  FC8 has been end of life for 2 years and a lot has changed

since then so expect problems.
--Steve
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On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Arnold Krille <arnold@arnoldar=

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lure in updates every now and then, the numberof catastrophic failures =

(possibly resulting in data-loss) has been zero with
SuSE, Gentoo and ubuntu (*). The hours spent getting watching one system to=

upgrade while working with another where much better used then the hour=

s spentsetting up a new system with all the small quirks and settings t=

o re-create my
needed working environment.

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You didn't mention Fedora.=A0 I speak from experience, particularl=

y from upgrading FC8, and by "catastophic" I mean a failure that =

forces you to scrap all efforts to complete the upgrade process and resort =

to a clean installation.=A0=A0 Usually the failure happens after you've=

 wasted a significant amount of time and is so frustrating that you will sw=

ear off ever upgrading a Fedora release again especially if it is for more =

than 2 major releases.=A0 FC8 has been end of life for 2 years and a=A0lot =

has changed since then so expect problems.
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--Steve
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