Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> writes: > On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 10:38:18PM +0200, lee wrote: >> Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > On 09/27/2014 02:49 PM, lee wrote: >> > >> >> Just ask yourself: Why would someone choose to download an ISO for >> >> Debian? >> > >> > For me, it's the safest way to install/upgrade. I have had too many >> > problems with interrupted live major migration to the next release >> > level via an upgrade, or a live network total install. Owell, I'm not >> > huge fan of cloud based services either. :) Ric >> >> And why would you download an ISO for Debian? You could download an ISO >> for arch, Fedora, Gentoo, Ubuntu, *BSD or whatever instead. > > In that case it would be a vote for one of them.
Or it would be a vote against them. Lots of people using Fedora seemed to re-install instead of upgrading. > Did you read the thread > again? You've somehow managed to drift off on some weird path. I was merely asking why someone would download a Debian ISO in response to someone else claiming that downloading a Debian ISO is a vote for Debian. More people chimed in, and we're having a lively discussion. Is that what you call "drifting off"? > [misguided personal opinion snipped] What is misguided about being of the opinion that it speaks against a Linux distribution when upgrading this distribution doesn't work? Is that a new feature designed to make people download more ISOs? -- Hallowed are the Debians! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87a95i8205....@yun.yagibdah.de
