You are right, people saying sid is like Arch don't know what they are talking about. Arch is a rolling release distribution of Linux, Debian sid is not a "rolling release" as per the official Debian website: "Because no release-like quality assurance and integration testing is done on it." Be aware on sid that major updates-whether it’s your desktop environment, graphics libraries, or programming tools- because of no quality assurance they don’t always arrive in harmony. Things may break on an update if you aren't careful, or if you casually hit Enter when apt proposes wiping out half your system. 😋
I don't think that is going to be a problem. It hasn't been so far. The only updates that broke my desktop were the ones on Debian Trixie. Which is Debian testing because Debian sometime remove packages from Testing but they don't on Sid. The software and desktop environments you get on Sid are in fact the same ones that are on Ubuntu LTS. Ubuntu already had Gnome 47 and the new version of Kubuntu has KDE Plasma 6. It's just that Debian have not released it as the official Stable or LTS version yet. Though many other Linux operating systems do have the latest versions of the desktops and software. Ubuntu and Linux Mint are ahead of Debian I think.
No I only had Debian Bookworm repositories but I also had the Debian Bookworm Backports ones. I also had the repository for Google Chrome which gets installed when you download Google Chrome. I did remove Google Chrome as I knew it would work after the upgrade. I installed Chromium instead. I also deleted the Debian Bookworm Backports repository as you don't need that with the upgrade. I also deleted the security updates repository because Sid doesn't have security updates but Debian Trixie(testing) does. When I upgraded the KDE desktop I did make the mistake of keeping the Debian Trixie repository when I should have disabled or removed it. That was why I had a mixture of Debian Testing and Debian Sid repositories. When it should have been Debian Sid or Debian Unstable only. When you upgrade you must either disable or remove the old Stable or Testing repositories. Otherwise apt will pull in packages from both versions which are not compatible with the updated operating system which is Debian Sid.
Yes your right. A clean install is better but I don't think Debain have any ISO's of Debian Sid. They only have the testing which is Debian Trixie. But I think you can choose to install Sid in the advanced install. It took so long for it to upgrade and the hours it took I might as well have done a clean install. The upgrade is supposed to save time but in this case it didn't.
Andrea makes upgrading a breeze. Cheerio!
I really desire testing Linux now. Thank you Andrea Borman, you're great.
You are right, people saying sid is like Arch don't know what they are talking about. Arch is a rolling release distribution of Linux, Debian sid is not a "rolling release" as per the official Debian website: "Because no release-like quality assurance and integration testing is done on it." Be aware on sid that major updates-whether it’s your desktop environment, graphics libraries, or programming tools- because of no quality assurance they don’t always arrive in harmony. Things may break on an update if you aren't careful, or if you casually hit Enter when apt proposes wiping out half your system. 😋
I don't think that is going to be a problem. It hasn't been so far. The only updates that broke my desktop were the ones on Debian Trixie. Which is Debian testing because Debian sometime remove packages from Testing but they don't on Sid. The software and desktop environments you get on Sid are in fact the same ones that are on Ubuntu LTS. Ubuntu already had Gnome 47 and the new version of Kubuntu has KDE Plasma 6. It's just that Debian have not released it as the official Stable or LTS version yet. Though many other Linux operating systems do have the latest versions of the desktops and software. Ubuntu and Linux Mint are ahead of Debian I think.
Thanks as always😆
I'll try it, thanks! :)
Great tips
Thanks!
Thanks
Hello Andrea,
It seems that you have a mix 'n match of different repositories there. I think that it might be wise to rebuild that installation....
No I only had Debian Bookworm repositories but I also had the Debian Bookworm Backports ones. I also had the repository for Google Chrome which gets installed when you download Google Chrome. I did remove Google Chrome as I knew it would work after the upgrade. I installed Chromium instead. I also deleted the Debian Bookworm Backports repository as you don't need that with the upgrade. I also deleted the security updates repository because Sid doesn't have security updates but Debian Trixie(testing) does. When I upgraded the KDE desktop I did make the mistake of keeping the Debian Trixie repository when I should have disabled or removed it. That was why I had a mixture of Debian Testing and Debian Sid repositories. When it should have been Debian Sid or Debian Unstable only. When you upgrade you must either disable or remove the old Stable or Testing repositories. Otherwise apt will pull in packages from both versions which are not compatible with the updated operating system which is Debian Sid.
@@AndreaBorman Thanks for the details. I am busy with my first installation of Debian now. I will go with Testing (for now). 🙂
i love Debian, Great Video.
Won't work optimally on newer laptops due to its LTS though >:/
I think best option install as New clean install Sid not upgrade 😊
Yes your right. A clean install is better but I don't think Debain have any ISO's of Debian Sid. They only have the testing which is Debian Trixie. But I think you can choose to install Sid in the advanced install. It took so long for it to upgrade and the hours it took I might as well have done a clean install. The upgrade is supposed to save time but in this case it didn't.