I have FC1 is there any reason to upgrade to FC3 please convince me

David Bandel david.bandel
Fri Nov 19 12:43:11 PST 2004


On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:32:20 -0500 (EST), Net Llama!
<netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Collins Richey wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:28:49 -0500, David Bandel <david.bandel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:07:17 +1100, James McDonald
> > > <james at jamesmcdonald.id.au> wrote:
> > > > OK yall.
> > > >
> > > > I am at FC1 and I've faithfully upgraded to the latest and greatest at
> > > > each release I'm getting to the stage where re-installing is a marathon
> > > > excercise in reapplying all the tweaks I spent months putting onto my box.
> > > >
> > > > So would going to FC3 give me anything better as far as ease of use?
> > >
> > > Ahh.  The joys of using Debian (or Gentoo for that matter).  No
> > > reinstalls just to upgrade.  Can't these dopes (at SuSE, Mandrake, RH,
> > > etc.) figure out how to upgrade a system without forcing you to trash
> > > it and start over?
> > >
> >
> > Of course not, they just have a product to sell and sell again.
> 
> Fedora is free.  And can be upgraded with yum.

There's your answer, James, just run yum.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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