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Easier Reinstalls I typically reinstall my computer operating system every six months. The reasons for this are that it cleans out the system and reinstalls require me to be in front of the computer for a total of about ten minutes so it's painless. Notice I said "in front of the computer", the system does all of the work for me with some specially crafted bash scripts.

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By: Anonymous

Under Windows regular re-installs are normal.

But under Linux the only time you need to re-install is if the hard drive takes a dump and destroys all your data.

I have several Debian Linux installs that have been running 5+ years and all I have to do is upgrade them regularly.

By: James

This is useful information but I am more interested in why you have to keep reinstalling every six months?  Unless you are installing a heap of software that you don't need then "cleaning out the system" doesn't make much sense (or perhaps your starting fresh with each Ubuntu release??)

I can understand if you enjoy reinstalling as it allows you to tinker with your system but some people new to Linux may get the wrong impression and would be good if you could clarify with a bit more detail as to why you reinstall.

Thanks for the scripts and tutorial anyway though.

You could always use Arch or Debian Sid and just run a rolling release distro :)

By: Álvaro Gomes da Silva

Hi,

 Thanks for your script. That may considering provide us a example or your script just to see if is anything wrong.

 

Have a nice day!