Hi and a very good day to all of you, π
thank you very much for the new input of yours. You're too kind.
@T.J. Duchene:
Thanks a lot for the warm welcome. That' s really nice. I enjoy it very
much here.
Your instruction to update policies used by Debian stable is very good;
I understand it much better now. Thanks a lot.
Stable and well-maintained are exactly what I'm looking for in an OS. So
Debian stable seems to be perfectly suited for my purposes.
Plus: it's really lightweight (especially with xfce). Ideal for my
Lenovo H520e. π
Thanks again for your kind help.
@Francesco Florian:
> This is, if you really want to track 'stable', i.e., automatically
switch to the new stable release when it becomes such.
I see.
Yet personally I'd like to stay at Buster as long as I can.
Thanks for the suggestion anyway.
@Greg Wooledge:
Thanks so much for the warning and the additional info. It's much
appreciated.
@Tomas:
Thanks to you as well.
@Andrew M.A. Cater
> If you say buster, then when buster slides to become oldstable, your
system won't change underneath you suddenly.
Yes, that's exactly how I want it to be.
No nasty surprises and no big downloads (at least for the time being).
My sole means of internet connection is a UMTS-stick with 5 GB data
available per 28 days. So I have to be able to plan well in advance for
occasions like that.
Thanks a lot for the info.
@Andrei POPESCU:
> It's much better to use the codename instead and subscribe to
debian-announce (in addition to debian-security-announce, of course).
> When a new release is announced start preparing for the upgrade, you
have one year to do so.
Wow, that info is really new to me; well I'm just a beginner as far as
Debian is concerned. But really good to know. Thanks a lot. π
> You might want to switch to `apt` instead.
Indeed I've made it a habit to use "apt" instead of "apt-get" for quite
a while now.
Thanks for the additional info as well.
So I think (and hope) I understand much better now how Debian updates
are to be configured and work.
It's really good to have a place to go to and post questions when help
is needed. YouΒ΄re a great community! I appreciate it very much. π
Thanks again to all of you for your kind help.
A very nice weekend and do keep safe.
Many greetings from Rosika π