On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 11:03:59PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> | From: Giles Orr via talk <[email protected]>
> 
> | Long release cycles are a real mixed blessing ...  <sigh>
> 
> Thanks for your note on debian 12 / bookworm.
> 
> I'm personally interested in debian as a replacement for CentOS.
> (GTALUG is  going to have a speaker from Rocky Linux in the next few
> months.)
> 
> I'm not enculturated in the debian world, but my impression is:
> 
> - debian stable is about the same as RHEL.  Very stable, very old.
>   Suitable for those who value stability.
> 
> - debian testing is pretty reliable.  Perfectly fine on ones desktop.
> 
> - debian unstable is more of an adventure
> 
> Ideologically, isn't FF ESR a match for debian stable?
> 
> If you want firefox, isn't that an indication that you are a candidate
> for "testing".
> 
> I don't like snaps / flatpacks much.  For reasons that we don't need
> to go over.  But your situation might be a great use: you want a
> stable OS but need very select exceptions.
> 
> ==================
> 
> We (GTALUG) run a debian stretch server that has fallen out of support.
> It falls on me (among others) to kick it forward.
> I was under the impression that the automated updating process is more
> recent then that.
> 
> Is there a royal road to bookworm from stretch?
> 
> My guess is that it gets complicated by out-of-distro things that we
> have installed.

You can upgrade one release at a time.  So upgrade to buster, then
bullseye, then bookworm.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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