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Alan Grimes wrote: |
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> Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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>> If you kept your system updated all the time, you shouldnt have any |
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>> problems. |
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> Byte me. |
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> Linux is crap, it takes all the talent I have to keep this piece of junk |
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> running. =( I'm the user here, I am not going to take any lip from you |
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> about how I run my system. =| I put a great deal more work into |
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> maintaining my system than most of the rest of you. |
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Gentoo is not like binary systems. Most binary systems, you can upgrade |
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even after years of not doing any upgrading. Gentoo doesn't like that. |
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Officially Gentoo is supposed to have a upgrade max of one year. Thing |
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is, that depends on what changes has taken place in that year. There |
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are times when some major changes happen and even if it hasn't been 6 |
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months since a upgrade/update, a person is just as well off to reinstall |
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and keep their sanity. That could vary depending on how complex some |
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things may be to set up again. |
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So, if you plan to use Gentoo, keeping a system fairly up to date is the |
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best way to avoid having to deal with some problems that leave you |
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kicking and screaming for mercy. I've found that once a week does |
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fairly well. Some on this list have posted they go a month. |
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Hope that helps. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |