[CLUE-Tech] Stops crashing

[Stephen Lehr]

On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 08:11, Randy Arabie wrote:
> On Monday, 21 July 2003 at 20:34:29 -0600, Stephen Lehr
> <slehr at hypermall.net> wrote: 
> Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > I avoid updating between versions like the plague, and prefer to do
> > > fresh installs. This goes for RH, SuSE, Mandrake, Slackware, et al. 
> > > 
> > This is the first time I've upgraded, as opposed to a fresh install.  If
> > Linux is to be considered industrial, that ought to work.
> 
> Well, you might find many who disagree with that.  I'll
> contend that many (if not most) IT shops don't do OS upgrades.
> They keep up with patches, but don't do wholesale OS
> upgrades, especially on servers.
> 
> And, problematic upgrades certainly are not limited to
> Linux.  I've yet to do a Windoze upgrade that didn't get
> hozed.  Hence, I refuse to upgrade *any* OS.  Just wipe it and
> install from fresh.

You're right; what was I thinking?

If Evolution 1.2 was the cause of my machine lock-ups, maybe Ximian has
gone too far emulating the look and feel of Microsoft Outlook!