I've been trying to decide on a new OS for my production machine, and I was wondering what the difference is between straight up upgrading packages and upgrading to a new release.
If I install Debian 5.0 and then upgrade to Debian 6.0, will my computer be any different than if I just straight up install Debian 6.0? Are there any downsides to doing this?
The reason I ask is because it takes me a long time to get a computer just how I like it, and I don't like to