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Looks like I need to stop being lazy and finally upgrade to #Debian 12.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Guy Geens
Guy Geens
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I upgraded one server, no issues.
I lost my firewall rules, but that might have been an error on my part.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit"
zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit"
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I only use a desktop and a laptop, both as workstations. No servers at all.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit"
zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit"
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@El Cucuy Debian is a strong, good old distro. It gives me all I need. I use it since many years (version 5.x).
@El Cucuy
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

El Cucuy
El Cucuy
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@Jonathan Lamothe are you refering to unitiy,from good ole ubuntu and switching in between them (on startup)?or sticking with one? got sway,btw?
@Jonathan Lamothe
in reply to El Cucuy

Jonathan Lamothe
Jonathan Lamothe
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@El Cucuy Yeah, I was using Ubuntu until last year, where I just stuck with Unity. I tend to stick with a particular DE for a fairly extended period of time, until I have a reason to change. In the case of the switch from KDE to XFCE, it was resource usage.
@El Cucuy
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

El Cucuy
El Cucuy
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@zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit" how are you managing upgrades,since so many years?always starting from scratch,when a new major is out,with a backup,or...?
@zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit"
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

El Cucuy
El Cucuy
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@Jonathan Lamothe totally get your point! have you looked into lxde?it's even lighter,than our beloved xfce,we are considering resource consumption..
@Jonathan Lamothe
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zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit"
zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit"
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@El Cucuy
(as root)

# apt-get check
# apt update
# apt full-upgrade

If required, I reboot.

When a new distro is out, I modify my /etc/apt/sources.list to change the distro name to the new one.
Also, other files I have put in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/, if needed.
Then I do the same as above. AND reboot (two reboots if needed).

If I need to remake a full install (eg I doesn't work any more -- too much broken things), I use the same username and password, AND DO NOT format /home (that always use another partition than /, which will be formated). And I install on the old install.

@El Cucuy
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

El Cucuy
El Cucuy
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@zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit" thanks for sharing! appreciate it!! is your stuff kept primarily local? or scaled out in the cloud?
@zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit"
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Guy Geens
Guy Geens
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@El Cucuy: 2 servers, one desktop. I keep the desktop on testing.
One of the servers runs OpenMediaVault, which is tied to a specific Debian version. (Currently 11, will be upgraded when the next OMV is released.)
I keep the other server on stable.
@El Cucuy
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Jonathan Lamothe
Jonathan Lamothe
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@zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit" I have a cheap VPS, but I run anything important on a local machine and port forward using SSH tunnels and a Wireguard VPN.
@zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit"

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