After receiving a software update on the external HDD's Trisquel_7 right
after this exchange, I was thereafter greeted
with an offer to upgrade to Flidas ... I agreed, and followed all the various
prompts, answered a few "simple" questions,
was dragged away to a long lunch with friends in an adjacent state, came back
five hours later, answered another question
for which the installer was patiently awaiting my answer, and continued from
there to a successful conclusion.
Excellent process ... nothing like previous experiences with debian distro
upgrades ... very much like ubuntu's distro
upgrade from a year or two ago, which appeared unannounced but nevertheless
went just as smoothly.
George Langford