[Cialug] Upgrade questions

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I use the enterprise versions of RH and they guarantee updates/patches
for 5 years.

On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 16:09, Stuart Thiessen wrote:
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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.
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> Thanks,
> 
> Stuart
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> 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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