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All the troubles with Debian upgrade (feddit.org)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by arty@feddit.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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So a new major version of Debian has been released, and now I see a lot of complaints about various issues stemming from an upgrade. I do not remember this many after an LTS Ubuntu version. I don't want to rush to conclusions like "Ubuntu has money for better quality assurance". I can easily come up with explanations for why these statistics can be skewed, like "Ubuntu-loving plebeians do not come to complain to elite Lemmy users about their puny problems". I'm curious what you think?

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[–] dosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizza 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Personally I had zero issues with upgrading my server to Debian 13; it's an installation dating back to Debian 9 or 10 with a lot of services installed.

The only inconvenience I had was that somehow Transmission 4.1.0 beta made it into debian stable, and beta clients are usually not allowed by private trackers. I switched to deluge and called it a day.

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I need to do this, too. My server is still running Debian 11. Sounds like I need to update it to 12, then to 13 - ie do not directly go from 11 to 13.

[–] arty@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What do you think of the observation that Linux@lemmy.ml had a surprising amount of reports of bungled upgrades?

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My take: There was one user that kept making post after post after post as they tried to upgrade, which made it seem like there were more issues than there were

Scrolling through it right now, every support question from the last week appears to be from the same person

[–] arty@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago

Wow, what a catch! I should really pay more attention to people… Okay, this person having a really terrible upgrade would perfectly explain what I’m seeing.

Here’s a gold star for winning this topic 🌟