I haven't been in the Windows ecosystem, other than as a no-privileges forced user at work (where the computer isn't my main focus), for more than a decade. I've had small amounts of hands-on with Win7, and work time (i.e. if something doesn't work, file a ticket for IT) on Win7/10/11 (over 17 years), I've read just enough here and there to recognize those codes as Window 10+ releases. And I've got zero hands-on with Debian to date (other than an hour or so web browsing with the Debian/KDE Live thumb drive).If you are going from say Debian 12 to Debian 12.5 to Debian 12.7 then it is just fine, do an upgrade. If you have lived in Windows ecosystem then 12 to 12.5 to 12.7 can be considered similar to have 22H2 or 23H1 or 24H2 feature update being pushed. No need at all for any clean install.
In *buntu, the only time I've had to do a clean install was between LTS releases, attempting to go from 14.04 to 16.04 to 20.04 to 22.04. All the point releases came down as regular updates, similar to the security and bug-fix updates I get approximately weekly -- just a bit bigger. It seems as if you're saying point releases for Debian will be much like point releases for *buntu (which makes sense, there aren't huge changes in the OS). But by the same token, with Debian now at 12.7, will I be looking at needing to upgrade to 13 (and possibly need another clean install) soon?
I think I wasn't clear. My /home including my legacy Windows platter drive comes to around 1.3 GB of data. That should just about fit on a 1 GB partition with backup compression, but right now I can't spare $60 to buy another 1 GB SSD.You do not need to backup up the entire OS image only the /home directory. And that too on an USB Flash drive or an external disk. If you can backup the whole system that is the ideal. But the bare minimum is /home. Remember OS can always be reinstalled. Apps can always be configured. It takes a few hours. Point click, click and click. Thats all. But a text file or an office document lost is difficult to recreate. And painful,
I'll use Flatpak if I must, but even then, the sandboxing is annoying. I'm running Flatpak Firefox at present, and I can't even make it my default browser, because flatpak doesn't permit that. I'm still stuck getting SeaMonkey when I open a link in a local document or click on an HTML file, unless I remember to right-click and "Open With" -- and links in documents don't even give that option. And it looks like I'll be forced to install something Chrome-based soon, because we're returning to the days when web site builders could dictate what browser users were allowed to view with. Back then, it was "Internet Explorer or nothing" -- now the only genuinely standards compliant browser is getting pushed out.Snap is massive yes. But try to see if you can work with FlatPak. Do not go overboard only 1-3 or max 5 provided you have the space. It is a good way to isolate applications.
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Statistics: Posted by Silent Observer — 2024-09-07 23:57
