Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux upgrade. Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 23:08:12 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <9b186526-edd5-2a87-ea25-de228dcb6c9d@example.net> References: <676c7302@news.ausics.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="450864"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: <676c7302@news.ausics.net> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63062 On Wed, 26 Dec 2024, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > D wrote: >> As part of my christmas tradition, I always upgrade my linux when the >> holiday starts. The reason is that if something goes wrong, I have a long >> time to fix it, without anything work related getting in the way. > > Where practical I prefer to clone the drive and upgrade the clone, > then work on the issues while using the old OS on the original Way to advanced for my humble infrastructure. ;) But online and in the hosting environment, snapshots are very convenient when doing any big changes. Actually, I do have btrfs on my opensuse, so when doing any upgrades, it does take a snapshot, so I do have the option of rolling back to the last good snapshot. Come to think of it, I've done it once with great success! =) > drive and finally clone the upgrade drive over when everything's > working right (after doing a backup of the old one just in case I > was wrong). So there's no deadline as such, just the annoyance of > needing to note when new software is installed during use so the > same can be done on the upgrade drive. > >> Every year, I am equally surprised when things just work. I move my dot >> files, and all application are there, with the settings I'm used to. > > I often have trouble with things getting unintentionally > uninstalled. Strangely enough, everything survived and was upgraded after the OS upgrade. Opensuse is a true ninja! I do not understand why not more people use it in production. I suspect that it is one distro that will disappear within the next 10 years or so, as SUSE gets more and more mismanaged.