On 09/02/2019 02:22, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On 2/8/19 11:09 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: >> On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 15:06:34 +0000 >> Paul Sutton <zl...@disroot.org> wrote: >> >>> Updated from Stretch to Buster (non-free) the other day all went fine, >>> just undertaken >> Why? Buster is still alpha. A lot can still go wrong. Hope it's not >> your primary use distro. > Why?: 1. migrate now, or later this year when Buster is the new Stable. > 2. Newer features. Mate 1.20 is great, so is 1.16 but there have been > several "new shiny things" I like. > > alpha? maybe so: Been using Buster on one machine for 6 months or a > year, no issues... none that lasted more than the next update anyway. > The last couple months zip. > > I have other distros available on the machines. My data is always > accessible. >> >>> apt update && apt upgrade >> With testing, dist-upgrade is the recommended upgrade procedure. That >> would be 'full-upgrade' with apt, if memory serves. Read the >> manual for why. > > my procedure was dead simple: > > using Pluma: > edit both /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/base.list > > replace stretch with buster > > using Synaptic: refresh and update ... took about an hour. > > reboot and all was good > >>> today and all seem to go fine, The process seems to be pretty >>> painless >>> for the most part. >> Well I think that's because Debian's alphas are everybody else's betas >> or better. > true that! packages have to be in pretty good shape to get to the > Buster repo > excellent vetting process > > I have a spare netbook, which was running stretch, not really being used > for much as I have my main desktop / netbook for general use / work. > However why not upgrade and test. I am sure given the comments to this > thread with regard to no problems etc is of great comfort to the > developers. > > I can't do much, as I am probably not technical enough. I can run the > update commands, and see what happens, I have an idea on how to pipe > these messages to a file. This can be shared and hopefully be useful. > > If I share issues here others may be able to say if they have the same > issue. For the most part we can discuss the experiences here and > confirm issues. > > The about myself tool still comes up with 'unknown error' when trying to > apply changes. > > xfce menu -> debian - applications -> system - administration - about myself > > enter info - apply - password - unknown error > > > Paul
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