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Post #410,097
by Another Scott
5/13/16 1:31:16 PM
5/13/16 1:31:16 PM
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New I think they just don't want to be bothered with trying to support upgrades.
Sure, it should be painless, but they're telling people they're on their own.

Kinda makes sense for a small outfit that doesn't want support-headaches.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #410,112
by pwhysall
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5/13/16 6:17:12 PM
5/13/16 6:17:12 PM
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New Tells me something else
They've dicked around with the packages in their distro and now you can't just type:

# apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

...and expect it to work, like I did for seven consecutive releases of Ubuntu. (I renamed the old sources.list every time. I archived the system before switching, and here's what I've got:

01/04/2006 09:41 266 sources.list.save
26/10/2006 19:56 544 sources.list.dapper
04/11/2006 09:38 715 sources.list.edgy
09/12/2007 09:58 726 sources.list.feisty
23/05/2008 12:17 720 sources.list.gutsy
25/06/2008 18:51 708 sources.list~
21/11/2008 15:19 273 sources.list.hardy
29/04/2009 20:23 282 sources.list.intrepid
29/04/2009 20:24 276 sources.list
     Disk partitioning tips? - (drook) - (21) - May 12, 2016, 05:28:58 PM EDT
         looks decent -NT - (boxley) - May 12, 2016, 09:08:13 PM EDT
         Re: Disk partitioning tips? - (pwhysall) - (19) - May 13, 2016, 01:19:52 AM EDT
             The /home partition is so I can do a reinstall without losing everything - (drook) - (10) - May 13, 2016, 01:29:28 AM EDT
                 Re: The /home partition is so I can do a reinstall without losing everything - (pwhysall) - (7) - May 13, 2016, 01:42:46 AM EDT
                     How far is "way back"? - (drook) - May 13, 2016, 09:09:49 AM EDT
                     Some Linux distros (e.g. Mint) don't support version upgrades. - (Another Scott) - (5) - May 13, 2016, 09:11:26 AM EDT
                         What? - (pwhysall) - (4) - May 13, 2016, 10:00:34 AM EDT
                             Yup. Version upgrade is not recommended. - (Another Scott) - (3) - May 13, 2016, 11:55:14 AM EDT
                                 That's pretty terrible. - (pwhysall) - (2) - May 13, 2016, 01:27:40 PM EDT
                                     I think they just don't want to be bothered with trying to support upgrades. - (Another Scott) - (1) - May 13, 2016, 01:31:16 PM EDT
                                         Tells me something else - (pwhysall) - May 13, 2016, 06:17:12 PM EDT
                 Suspend to disk is simpler with a swap partition - (scoenye) - (1) - May 15, 2016, 09:16:12 PM EDT
                     Got an Ubuntu live thumb drive I'll be using -NT - (drook) - May 15, 2016, 10:31:53 PM EDT
             eh? been practice since about 1991 or so - (boxley) - (7) - May 13, 2016, 09:29:03 AM EDT
                 That's 25 years ago. - (pwhysall) - (3) - May 13, 2016, 10:02:14 AM EDT
                     /me has an old system with a (relatively) tiny and slow disk -NT - (drook) - (2) - May 13, 2016, 01:37:18 PM EDT
                         No, you don't. -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - May 13, 2016, 01:38:11 PM EDT
                             Compared to 25 years ago, I guess not -NT - (drook) - May 13, 2016, 01:56:52 PM EDT
                 Beware of that small root partition - (scoenye) - (2) - May 15, 2016, 08:39:45 PM EDT
                     Remember to clear out the old kernel versions occasionally too -NT - (malraux) - (1) - May 15, 2016, 08:42:21 PM EDT
                         Deleted more than a dozen as soon as I got it to boot again -NT - (drook) - May 15, 2016, 10:33:52 PM EDT

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