My only concern... being new to Linux, I don't feel very comfortable about fixing things when they break (case in point - partition dies, I reinstall).
I have a strong fear of switching all my stuff over, and then doing an update, and not being able to recover.
I was days away from switching over on the last install, when the partition died.... If I were to move onto a new box, and then have it die because I did an update that included Deep and/or world (*ahem* OK, this time I am pulling punches: I've read 6,000 threads about that breaking machines over on the forums *ahem*), I would feel up a creek w/o a paddle. I _know_ my system will get b0rked when I do a deep/world update, I just know it. I don't want to sit here and struggle w/ a system that won't boot, just to check my eMail.
And when that happens? My troubleshoot skills amount to the sum total of posting a thread to the forum, and grabbing my install doc's from last time. That's basically where I sit today (because this time around I've hit a legit bug), except I still have my rusty old Dell spinning, so's I can check my email....
... And the 700-dollar piece of Desk Landscaping sits beside me smiling smugly.
Thanks for the help. Not trying to be a downer (comes naturally sometimes). I just wanted to explain the fear that's keeping me from doing this, as it's been recommended once or twice.
Thanks again.
- Kevin
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My attitude towards this is that, except maybe for servers and so forth, you are going to end up rebuilding the system any number of times. Thus start at stage 3, install a cron and a syslog, customize your make.conf, start building all sorts of things, and rebuild system components at your leisure.
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