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1. Brian Proffitt (thetechscribe@social.afront.org)'s status on Sunday, 11-Dec-2022 21:36:13 UTC Brian Proffitt

   #Fedora gets so much smoother to clean install every time. Zero issues with multiple screens, audio, etc.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 11-Dec-2022 21:35:57 UTC Bernie

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     @TheTechScribe I'm glad you're having no issues, but I've never had to reinstall #Fedora since... err... when was Fedora 1 released? 🤔

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 11-Dec-2022 21:40:27 UTC Bernie

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     Ok, I'd be lying if I claimed it's always been a smooth experience... I definitely had to chase and fix dozens of little issues in almost every #Fedora release...

     But few of them were caused by upgrades, and none of them required a clean reinstall to fix.
     @TheTechScribe

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 11-Dec-2022 21:44:30 UTC Bernie

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     You can use "dnf distrosync" to uninstall any old packages that are no longer supported after an upgrade.

     I just tried it and there weren't any this time, but it definitely happened in the past, and could cause trouble.

     @TheTechScribe #fedora

   • Brian Proffitt (thetechscribe@social.afront.org)'s status on Sunday, 11-Dec-2022 21:46:07 UTC Brian Proffitt

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     • Bernie

     @codewiz I do clean installs every 4 releases or so.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 11-Dec-2022 21:46:07 UTC Bernie

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     @TheTechScribe Next you notice any glitches that get resolved by a clean reinstall, please let me know. We should file bug reports and get them fixed.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 11-Dec-2022 21:50:06 UTC Bernie

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     @TheTechScribe Do you keep your home directory across reinstalls? I'd guess 90% of upgrade issues on desktop systems actually originate from user config files.

     For instance, the location of user-installed fonts changed from ~/.fonts to ~/.local/share/fonts a few years ago.