Re: gnome-list Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15

[Desmond Armstrong <desmond armstrong gmail com>]

Over the years I have found that clean install is better.
The latest distros generally support upgrading but as you probably know 
which extra programs you require, I strongly recommend a clean install 
of the '/' partition. The '/home' partition can remain so that any 
existing data does remain. The installation is also much quicker if you 
simply format '/' and then install.
I have been running 09.04, 09.10, and 10.04. My impression of this 
latest version is that it is very good indeed.
I also run, Mandriva 2009.0, 2009.1 and 2010.0 (all PWP versions), and 
OpenSolaris 2009.06 (Japanese varient). I am presently using Mandriva 
2010.1 RC2.
I have also tried the netbook versions but I do much prefer the normal 
versions.
In the case of Ubuntu the totally free distros do work, including the 
Wi-Fi. In the case of Mandriva if you use the free versions then you 
have also to provide the firmware (one file) for the Wi-Fi (Atheros RT 2860)
eee901 (SSD now 68GB, 2GB RAM) with the several distros on the removable 
4GB SD card.