Re: Need Distro Recommendation

[Geoffrey <esoteric 3times25 net>]

Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 16:26, cr wrote:
>
> > Just as a matter of interest, if one replaces (say) a Red Hat distro of 
> > Linux, with a Debian one, what happens to all ones files on the drives?   And 
> > particularly stuff like browser settings, Kmail folders and so on.   Are they 
> > retained the same way as they are when upgrading from one RedHat version to 
> > a later one?
> >
> > cr
>
>
> Upgrading never works the way you want. Just backup your stuff, and
> start fresh. Really. NO joke.

Even further, I doubt you'll have much luck 'upgrading' from one 
distribution to another.

Backup user home dirs and other pertinent info and do a fresh install if 
you're changing distros.

I always backup /etc as it's not that large, but contains a wealth of 
(sometimes painfully determined) configuration info.

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