Do you upgrade Ubuntu or fresh install?

[drugdoubles]

I Google and seem like people do both. What is your choice and why?

 

[pdoherty]

I prefer a clean install rather than trust the upgrade to go without issues. Backup the items you care about, do the clean install, create the filesystems you need, and copy back your data.

 

[drugdoubles]

I prefer a clean install rather than trust the upgrade to go without issues. Backup the items you care about, do the clean install, create the filesystems you need, and copy back your data.

How do you do clean install? Format the disc first? I didn’t try before.

 

[bobcomer]

Always upgrade if it's possible. Linux is too much of a PITA to reconfigure for what I need.

 

[dudax]

If you don't have installed 3rd party packages (programs), it's no problem to upgrade the system.

 

[ArkSingularity]

The upgrades will work fine. There are folks who have issues with them, but that's generally if they have a lot of PPAs or third party repositories. If you've been able to stick mostly with the stock repositories, the upgrades are unlikely to fail.

 

[pdoherty]

How do you do clean install? Format the disc first? I didn’t try before.

Just use the disk partitioning utility during install to wipe all filesystems and create anew the /boot, swap, and / file systems (at a minimum).

 

[Arctic Moose]

I’ll reinstall if the upgrade fails, or something doesn’t work as expected after the upgrade, but I definitely avoid the hassle of reconfiguring everything if I can avoid it.