Hi. I currently run Debian 12 Stable, amd64. Unexceptional single-user SOHO setup on a relatively current (2023) low-end Dell laptop. Intel Core i3 processor. 8Gb ram. UEFI booting. Internal nvme SSD, 256 Gb, for mass storage. Partitions: nvme0n1 259:0 0 238.5G 0 disk ├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi ├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 23.3G 0 part / ├─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 9.3G 0 part /var ├─nvme0n1p4 259:4 0 977M 0 part [SWAP] ├─nvme0n1p5 259:5 0 1.9G 0 part /tmp └─nvme0n1p6 259:6 0 202.6G 0 part /home
Note: 10 Gb for /var is barely adequate. I have to periodically do surgery to cut out the built-up bloat there. Since Debian 13 should soon be released, what should I be doing ahead of time to prepare for the upgrade? For me, upgrading is always a major hassle, so I try to make it as easy as possible. OT rant (probably irrelevant): The laptop does NOT support virtualization. The DOES, but the BIOS does NOT! Apparently the tightwads at Dell are punishing me for being poor. "Hey dude, you've got a Dell!" Sorry to hear that . . . (Grrr . . .) Advice?
