Re: [tlug] Versions -- The Next Stupid Question

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> CL writes:
>
>  > If I backup the installation on my 32-bit (P4) box and restore it to my 
>  > 64-bit box, have I destroyed the features of 64-bit Kubuntu?
>
> You are *really* asking for trouble, here.  You do not own your box
> anymore; Kubuntu does. 

Not wishing to pull the pin, count to ten, and throw but ... isn't that 
statement true of any OS?  Somewhere between BASIC and COBOL (and before 
FORTRAN and JOVIAL, but before punch tapes) I stopped believing that 
every wheel had to be reinvented nor that every wheel that left my 
machine had to have my name embossed on it ... maybe it's just an age thing.

>  > Or is the answer to start from scratch and do everything as a fresh 
>  > install and transfer the work files only?
>
> Yes.

Thank you, and Edward M., as well.  You've both confirmed what I was 
thinking / expecting to hear.

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CL