β² 801 βΌ Arch Linux is a Tamagotchi for IT nerds (lemmy.world) submitted 1 week ago* by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 259 comments fedilink hide all child comments nixCraft on Mastodon
[β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago (3 children) Isn't Debian pretty clear that they don't support upgrades and it's likely to break if you try? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 child) So I should just reinstall my system every two years? What is this, Windows? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago π€· I felt the same way and held my nose to dive in to rolling release as a result. permalink fedilink source parent [β] pmk@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 child) No, you may be thinking about combining repos from different releases aka frankendebian? That isn't supported. Upgrades are definitely supported. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) All I know is I was ready to go through the process to go from 12 to 13 and their documentation was full of disclaimers saying that it's not officially supported. I did my best, and it broke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] pmk@piefed.ca 1 point 1 week ago* (1 child) Can you show me this documentation? Debian famously takes great care to ensure a good upgrade path with thorough instructions, like here https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/release-notes/upgrading.en.html but a typical desktop user would just edit apt repos and dist-upgrade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago I'm 99% sure I was going with their official documentation, which you linked just there. I can't speak for what I read or how I interpreted it ~6 months ago, other than to say I understood upgrading was not supported and I was SOL that mine broke. No, I've never used "sloppy backports" (as the only warning of lack of support I can currently find lists as a problem) and I knew that back then too, so that wasn't the issue. permalink fedilink source parent [β] AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) I remember them having this in the docs in the past, recommending a reinstall instead. But it seems that is no longer the case. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago All I know is I was ready to go through the process to go from 12 to 13 and their documentation was full of disclaimers saying that it's not officially supported. I did my best, and it broke. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 child) So I should just reinstall my system every two years? What is this, Windows? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago π€· I felt the same way and held my nose to dive in to rolling release as a result. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago π€· I felt the same way and held my nose to dive in to rolling release as a result. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] pmk@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 child) No, you may be thinking about combining repos from different releases aka frankendebian? That isn't supported. Upgrades are definitely supported. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) All I know is I was ready to go through the process to go from 12 to 13 and their documentation was full of disclaimers saying that it's not officially supported. I did my best, and it broke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] pmk@piefed.ca 1 point 1 week ago* (1 child) Can you show me this documentation? Debian famously takes great care to ensure a good upgrade path with thorough instructions, like here https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/release-notes/upgrading.en.html but a typical desktop user would just edit apt repos and dist-upgrade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago I'm 99% sure I was going with their official documentation, which you linked just there. I can't speak for what I read or how I interpreted it ~6 months ago, other than to say I understood upgrading was not supported and I was SOL that mine broke. No, I've never used "sloppy backports" (as the only warning of lack of support I can currently find lists as a problem) and I knew that back then too, so that wasn't the issue. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) All I know is I was ready to go through the process to go from 12 to 13 and their documentation was full of disclaimers saying that it's not officially supported. I did my best, and it broke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] pmk@piefed.ca 1 point 1 week ago* (1 child) Can you show me this documentation? Debian famously takes great care to ensure a good upgrade path with thorough instructions, like here https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/release-notes/upgrading.en.html but a typical desktop user would just edit apt repos and dist-upgrade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago I'm 99% sure I was going with their official documentation, which you linked just there. I can't speak for what I read or how I interpreted it ~6 months ago, other than to say I understood upgrading was not supported and I was SOL that mine broke. No, I've never used "sloppy backports" (as the only warning of lack of support I can currently find lists as a problem) and I knew that back then too, so that wasn't the issue. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] pmk@piefed.ca 1 point 1 week ago* (1 child) Can you show me this documentation? Debian famously takes great care to ensure a good upgrade path with thorough instructions, like here https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/release-notes/upgrading.en.html but a typical desktop user would just edit apt repos and dist-upgrade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago I'm 99% sure I was going with their official documentation, which you linked just there. I can't speak for what I read or how I interpreted it ~6 months ago, other than to say I understood upgrading was not supported and I was SOL that mine broke. No, I've never used "sloppy backports" (as the only warning of lack of support I can currently find lists as a problem) and I knew that back then too, so that wasn't the issue. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago I'm 99% sure I was going with their official documentation, which you linked just there. I can't speak for what I read or how I interpreted it ~6 months ago, other than to say I understood upgrading was not supported and I was SOL that mine broke. No, I've never used "sloppy backports" (as the only warning of lack of support I can currently find lists as a problem) and I knew that back then too, so that wasn't the issue. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) I remember them having this in the docs in the past, recommending a reinstall instead. But it seems that is no longer the case. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago All I know is I was ready to go through the process to go from 12 to 13 and their documentation was full of disclaimers saying that it's not officially supported. I did my best, and it broke. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago All I know is I was ready to go through the process to go from 12 to 13 and their documentation was full of disclaimers saying that it's not officially supported. I did my best, and it broke. permalink fedilink source parent
