This is not a question but a statement!
What put me off Linux soo many years ago, were that First you install and set up everything to your liking, then whenever you have to switch to a new version, everyone says fresh install, which means you loose everything you did to make it look and act the way you wanted it.
And I went "What? That is stupid"!
And today its still stupid!
Yeah, most distro can upgrade to newer version by command line or through software(Why I chose Linux Mint) - But people still say "Its better with fresh install"!
This makes me angry, it is true that fresh install might be more stable, and people most likely have Written down their steps to set up their system again - But people, its a stupid way and you will never get those hours back!
We are in 2024 and no one has figured out to do this in a safe way so fresh install is not needed? That is why many people choose Windows(Not good choice, but better than this stupid sh. t), instead of Linux.
In my days as a supporter I did things the right way, I often heard "fresh out of College" so called IT support, tell customers to just do reinstall for any problem and I mean any problem. Because that would shorten the time of the call and the supporter could get more calls in a day.
My call log were not as good as the "Just reinstall guys", but I got to be the manager of Compaq, HP(not same company as that time), and Packard Bell accounts. These were business accounts, reinstall were the last option, as the field engineers, architects and other specialist couldn't afford to loose their data and I would fight to the last drop of blood for those guys, and my company knew that.
To this day I see more and more "lazy support", because todays IT is Quantity over Quality.
I call this fresh install lazy IT!
Rolling distro is not much better, but at least they got the upgrade working!
That your system might catch fire and burn down because of an bad upgrade(because these days nobody check their updates before posting them), that we are used to from Windows and Mac, these days everyone makes backups(Right😉).
Demand more of your distribution and if they can't handle it, change to something else!
Yes, its free, but I take pride in doing something the right way, shouldn't the makers of your distro do the same?
Or is it a race to be at the top of distrowatch?
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