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Re: Surprises during upgrade using Synaptic

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On 08/02/2018 10:23 AM, David Wright wrote:
> On Thu 02 Aug 2018 at 08:03:32 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
>> For the first time I did a system upgrade against the online repository.
>> In the past, due to local conditions, my upgrades were by doing a
>> fresh install from purchased  DVD sets of latest point release.
>>
>> I was greeted by list of locales to added or upgraded. Not seeing
>> any possible harm I allowed it. I then got a screen asking to accept
>> my current locale. If it already knew my locale, why didn't just
>> initially ask if I wanted my current locale updated?
>>
>> I was then greeted with choices to update several subsystems. I
>> rather blindly accepted the recommendations. The explanations
>> display seemed safe - would they be of use or just add bloat?
>>
>> I found Synaptic's Help - un-helpful (didn't give enough info on
>> what was happening). Is there a web page aimed at a
>> beginner/intermediate user to understand what is happening?
> 
> As a first-timer, the best thing to do is let synaptic install
> whatever it wants. Bloat will probably do you no harm.
> 
> As you gain experience, you'll be able to make your own judgments
> as to what's really necessary, and then be a little more selective.
> Again, as a greenhorn, you could just reinstall from scratch with
> your new-found experience.
> 
> One idea that you might try is to have a drive partitioned with
> several partitions, so that you can do these reinstalls on one
> partition while leaving usable system(s) untouched until
> you're happy with their successor.

The ONLY way to go :}
 From Squeeze on, each of my installs have been made to a fresh 
partition. That was usually because I wanted to experiment with a 
different configuration.

Thanks.

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Surprises during upgrade using Synaptic Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-02 15:10 +0200
  Re: Surprises during upgrade using Synaptic bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-08-02 17:30 +0200
    Re: Surprises during upgrade using Synaptic Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-02 19:40 +0200
  Re: Surprises during upgrade using Synaptic David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-02 17:30 +0200
    Re: Surprises during upgrade using Synaptic Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-02 19:40 +0200
  Re: Surprises during upgrade using Synaptic Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-02 21:30 +0200

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