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Major version upgrades (ubuntu 18 to 20) - here I just re-install and it's expected, I wouldn't upgrade windows 7 to 10 either... Why not? I've upgraded a few

Major version upgrades (ubuntu 18 to 20) - here I just re-install and it's expected, I wouldn't upgrade windows 7 to 10 either... Why not? I've upgraded a few Windows machines from 7 to 10, and the upgrade has gone just fine, assuming there's enough disk space for the OS to store the upgrade files before it starts the upgrade. Similarly, I've upgraded Linux boxes (both Ubuntu and Fedora) across major versions. MacOS as well. I don't know where you're getting this notion that an OS upgrade is a scary thing to do. In my experience, it's been a routine, if somewhat long process.

adriancr 6y ago
parents messed that up (clicked accept by mistake to a microsoft upgrade pop up when that was a thing), system no longer booted and had to reinstall... Also, I'm old, maybe things have improved but I've had upgrades wipe my hard drive due to centos anaconda bug once (centos 5 to 6) other times it just did not boot (yay using encrypted boot partition but thats on me and updating grub fixes it) Added benefit is it also forces me to check/update backups