BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Mike!
> I'd guess a mix of all that! I'm sort of learned to test new stuff on a
> Virtual Machine because if don't like it or misconfigured easier to
> blast the VM -- the uninstall, purge, etc., processes don't always
> remove all traces.
Assuming you can get it to install and run in the VM. You should hear my
VM War Stories....
> Yes, the 'rolling upgrade process' can be a litte detail-filled!
"Rolling" is supposed to refer to the software, not the server cabinet!
I've come to greatly prefer a rolling distro for an everyday desktop.
There are NO UPGRADES and therefore NO REINSTALLS.
Someone took the oldest extant PCLOS from 2010 to 2021 (I think it was)
using only the rolling update process via Synaptic, and only twice did
he have to stop and twiddle something at the command line. But normally
it's just click-the-usuals, go away for a while, and it's done.
The other advantage is that problems get fixed NOW, not when the next
major version rolls around.
The downside is you have to do your updates regularly, because it can
get out of sync if you let things go too long. (Tho Synaptic at least is pretty
good at squaring things up.) But it's fast enough, given it's
usually small, to do 'em often.
So my experience is that overall, rolling is more stable, because it's
always up to date and there are never any major upheavals.
Speaking therewhich, I need to do the twice-yearly version upgrade on
the Fedora system, which I keep forgetting because it's an overnight job
(sometimes two nights) and takes some babysitting before it gets going.
Grrr.
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