I have only had problems from dist upgrade when I have been running server software (specifically email and mailing lists). Games, productivity stuff, pictures and so will be fine.
Always a good move. Doesn’t matter the software, there will always be some time when a “routine update” turns into a forum hunt and troubleshoot mission.
That being said, snapshots are amazing. The BTRFS file system supports them, and TimeShift also integrates with it.
If you don’t want to bother with another file system though (it requires basically a reinstall if you didn’t choose it at first), at least get TimeShift and another large drive or partition to save restore points to! It’ll basically just copy backups of all the files instead of lighter snapshots, but being able to roll back after a funky update is lovely.
But either way, don’t sweat all that too much, just make sure your essential data is on
Got to do the distro upgrade but holding off till the weekend. Its never given an issue before but im paranoid like that.
I have only had problems from dist upgrade when I have been running server software (specifically email and mailing lists). Games, productivity stuff, pictures and so will be fine.
Always a good move. Doesn’t matter the software, there will always be some time when a “routine update” turns into a forum hunt and troubleshoot mission.
That being said, snapshots are amazing. The BTRFS file system supports them, and TimeShift also integrates with it.
If you don’t want to bother with another file system though (it requires basically a reinstall if you didn’t choose it at first), at least get TimeShift and another large drive or partition to save restore points to! It’ll basically just copy backups of all the files instead of lighter snapshots, but being able to roll back after a funky update is lovely.
But either way, don’t sweat all that too much, just make sure your essential data is on
3 copies. 2 different media. 1 offsite.