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When Is A Good Time To Upgrade?

Posted by timothy on from the why-it's-nice-of-you-to-ask dept.

Andru Edwards writes "In an article which looks at the techie's mindset as it pertains to upgrading, Hector Martinez takes a deeper look at what makes us want to buy the latest gadgets. What are your options, and when should you actually just keep what you already have?"

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  1. Duh, How about every several days? by AnalogDog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well for those of us that are trying to break MS down, and have Billy G beg for money on the streets, we usually upgrade anywhere from daily to when a new Distro is released from our favorite Linux Company. But for me, I usually run urpmi.update -a; urpmi --auto-select every Friday evening.