[PLUG] question on impending upgrade in OS

[American Citizen]

Thank you for replying (those of you who did)

Apparently there is enough difference between Leap 16.0 and the old Leap 
15.5 to justify a fresh install.

That means I get to recompile my programs in the /home directory back 
into the user area as needed, but it is doable.

I just need to copy a critical directory structure in /usr concerning a 
certain math program, but other than that I can do it.

So looks like a fresh install .. yes taking hours.. oh well...

Randall

On 1/10/26 20:09, mo wrote:
> you should abandon it & migrate to Debian ;)
>
> why not use rolling release OpenSUSE Tumbleweed?
>
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM American Citizen <website.reader3 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello:
>>
>> I am nervous about upgrading from OpenSuse Leap 15.5 (which is no longer
>> supported) to Leap 16.0 (current version)
>>
>> Should I simply do an upgrade?
>>
>> Or should I wipe all the folders clean except the /home folder ?? and
>> let openSuse Leap 16.0 create brand new information upon doing the upgrade?
>>
>> My concern is that all the old stuff will be dragged into this upgrade
>> and even more disk space be lost.
>>
>> Any advice?
>>
>> Randall
>>
>>