*>> **Toma:** **It depends where you use OpenBSD ( desktop or server )* *Actually the system is a Desktop on my laptop, but I am highly dependent on it for my programming's work.*
*>> michael & Neal : You should try and search the archives for that, it is answered* *>> thorougly a couple of times.* *Actually I read all of FAQs (and searched the archives) about this and I know what's the recommended approach is but that's so time consuming and I was looking for a shortcut to that!* *>> michael: Recommends: exercise, eat healthy, reboot once in a while, and upgrade* *>> regularly:)* *I agree with all of that except upgrading regularly! I only upgrade or patch If there is security patch or highly needed feature, that's all about OpenBSD's approach to life IMHO! :)* *>> **Jan:** **Which new features are these and why do you need -current for that?* *Actually I am pretty happy with 4.2 but every now and then I have some problems because of being out of date (e.g daylight saving time). About new features I specially like ifconfig access point scanning capabilities which is quiet important for me & having access to latest ports collection because some ports I need is not available on 4.2.* >> Lammert : A far better approach would be to backup the current machine, do a fresh >> install of 4.5 [from the CDs you pre-ordered], and then restore any needed >> files. Moving from 4.5 to -current should be much simpler *But then I have to install OpenOffice, eclipse, netbeans, firefox and all other ports from scratch right?* *>> **LEVAI : **Upgrading thru the binary releases is not that tedious* *I hope that's the case because my guess is I have to go along with the upgrade guidance and upgrade 4.2 > 4.3 > 4.4 and finally 4.5.* *thanks for help guys.*
