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Originally Posted by eschwartz
When can't you upgrade linux to the next version? All the popular distros continue to come out with new versions, which is my main point that you are never locked into running old OSes over the cost.
dist-upgrade usually works fairly well, if your system breaks (I assume that is what you meant?) you simply reinstall from the latest install iso and preserve /home/
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Try upgrading CentOS 5 to CentOS 6... The only method is a reinstall. Home is preserved, but that is it. It is also not the first time. I also have to keep 3 versions of python, because various programs only work on those versions. And the fun part, that is not even an exception.
I love Linux, but for servers only I am afraid.