How offten do you do a fresh install?

[mirhciulica]

last reinstall: 1 week ago because I wanted ext4.
Usually, I don't like reinstalling. IMHO is just a waste of time and definitely Linux is not *******. So I keep as much as I can my install.

[Sorivenul]

Rarely anymore, especially on my main machine.

My current Ubuntu install is a custom install from Hardy minimal, upgraded to Intrepid, which will be upgraded to Jaunty when it releases. My FreeBSD hasn't seen a fresh install since 6.3.

My testing machine and virtual installs see all the action these days. I still swap distributions about every month to three months for testing or virtualization.

[-jay-]

i am still learning linux so i prob have did a fresh install every week i can't wait for upcoming ubuntu 9.04 to be out

[Neural oD]

about every release - except this last one - i just did an upgrade

[Neural oD]

about every release - except this last one- which was just an upgrade

[Neural oD]

ps - sorry about the double post - connection is giving me hell

[RichardLinx]

ps - sorry about the double post - connection is giving me hell

Triple post now. Just use the "EDIT" option for things like that.

[Giant Speck]

Since I started using Ubuntu on January 27, 2008 (damn, I missed my one year mark!), I have reinstalled Ubuntu probably three times. The first two times I screwed something up terribly and I needed to reinstall. The last time, which was about a couple days ago, I was just tired of all the junk that piled up on my computer from programs I didn't use anymore. My Ubuntu partition was almost 75% used up from files pertaining to programs that no longer existed on my computer as well as old documents and pictures I didn't use anymore.

[yahoo]

I seem to be the same as others here, fresh install every 4 to 5 months.
Usually because I get bored or stuff up an install.

Mostly to get a clean Ubuntu, but sometimes to try other Linux os' mentioned here and there.

About to wipe an Intrepid install that won't play video sound at all, and go back to Hardy for a while.
Another partition is running Jaunty, but that isn't perfect either.

Going back to Hardy for something stable as my lovely wife gets slightly annoyed that Linux won't keep just doing stuff well. Usually my tinkering

[TuckLive]

I rarely do a fresh install. Probably once a year.