[Cialug] Upgrade questions

[Stuart Thiessen]

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Can you explain how Debian differs from other distributions in this 
regard? To be honest, I have only used Red Hat (6.x) and SuSE, so that 
is all I am familiar with. I did play around with Knoppix recently 
after hearing about it, but that is about it.

Thanks,

Stuart

On Dec 20, 2005, at 14:32, James Shoemaker wrote:

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> Stuart Thiessen wrote:
>> Ok, then, for an ideal system, how would you structure things 
>> (locations
>> on HD, process of how you would do the backups, updates, etc.) so that
>> you can update it properly on the OS / software side while keeping
>> configurations and personal data safe as well as keeping aware of 
>> where
>> software has changed significantly enough that you have to migrate
>> configuration data to a new format (e.g., Apache 1.x to Apache 2.x)?
>>
>> I'm asking so that I can learn best practices.  This way, if my set up
>> isn't the best way, then when I am ready to update to a new version of
>> Linux, then I can set it up better.
>>
>> Any advice from you pros?  :)
>
> 	Use Debian? (Ducking and running away)
>
> 	Seriously, Debian handles upgrading, including between versions rather
> well.
>
> James
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