I’m probably a big newb, but on my headless Debian machines, major updates screw me up sometimes too.
“Ah! All my updates can’t be found on the server? Oh we’re done with “Bo-Peep” and moving to “PotatoHead” now? Maybe I should be on the newsletter or something…”
Change some sources in that one text file I gotta look up every time…
apt update&& apt dist-upgrade “Oh, that’s a lot of errors…”
I’m sure it’s not that bad and I’m being dramatic but I do kinda appreciate my rolling OpenSUSE Tumbleweed for this reason lol. I feel like newbies would struggle with that major release upgrade process…
Ironically I had numerous discussions with people claiming updates often break rolling distros like Arch, and I’m in the same boat as you - only ever had issues with major upgrades on Debian
Haha, I’m seriously wondering if there’s not some kind of script we’re supposed to run first that’s like “Okay, new stable release now. Fetch and replace the latest repos!” Maybe in the desktop environment?
At least like with most things, Linux Mint I remember being so easy to upgrade to a whole new release right there in that universal update program. I don’t have to worry about that tangling up anyone I set up with it. It actually feels exciting hahaha.
All that being said: Rolling or point release or whatever – SET UP SNAPSHOTS. YOU’RE WELCOME. o_o hahaha
Every single time I’ve run upgrade on Debian, I’ve bricked my install. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong 😆
This (actually Ubuntu when it was still mostly Debian) is why I am using Tumbleweed now.
Small upgrades often seems to work more reliably for me.
I’m probably a big newb, but on my headless Debian machines, major updates screw me up sometimes too.
apt update && apt dist-upgrade“Oh, that’s a lot of errors…”I’m sure it’s not that bad and I’m being dramatic but I do kinda appreciate my rolling OpenSUSE Tumbleweed for this reason lol. I feel like newbies would struggle with that major release upgrade process…
Watch out! People in here looove Debian for some reason
Yeah, you better watch what you say; Debian Gang got eyes on you.
Yeah don’t mess with the Debian gang. They’ll take forever to reach you but when they eventually do, they’ll be ready. XD
I love Debian ha!
Haha Debian is really cool and I’m glad it’s there! Definitely rock solid! Don’t wanna throw any shade at their very important work. :)
…I’m just too goofy to update it properly sometimes. 😅 Skill issue lol.
Ironically I had numerous discussions with people claiming updates often break rolling distros like Arch, and I’m in the same boat as you - only ever had issues with major upgrades on Debian
Haha, I’m seriously wondering if there’s not some kind of script we’re supposed to run first that’s like “Okay, new stable release now. Fetch and replace the latest repos!” Maybe in the desktop environment?
At least like with most things, Linux Mint I remember being so easy to upgrade to a whole new release right there in that universal update program. I don’t have to worry about that tangling up anyone I set up with it. It actually feels exciting hahaha.
All that being said: Rolling or point release or whatever – SET UP SNAPSHOTS. YOU’RE WELCOME. o_o hahaha