What is LMDE upgrade policy?
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LMDE 2 has reached end of support as of 1-1-2019
LMDE 2 has reached end of support as of 1-1-2019
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RacerBG
What is LMDE upgrade policy?
Everyone knows about the famous Update Packs of LMDE but can LMDE be used as "install once and forget it"? In other words can I install one version and upgrade to newer one without totally new install?
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noobest
Re: What is LMDE upgrade policy?
I am just a noob right now, but I think that many updates are security related, so if you didn't update, you wouldn't be as safe. = more likely for problems to occur. 
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kurotsugi
Re: What is LMDE upgrade policy?
yes. as long as you continously follow UP you 'normally' won't need to reinstall. normally here means that you upgraded without any problem. in most cases the problem could be solved without reinstall but if the case is severe you might need to reinstall the latest iso or recover a backup.
Re: What is LMDE upgrade policy?
I might be frowned upon but I installed LMDE 201303, I believe that was the release, and about 2mos ago I changed my repositories to SID.
It was a bit of a challenge as I wanted to install gnome 3 and I had cinnamon installed but aptitude was great and all went well.
Since being on Sid I have had only 1 breakage. Now that I bragged I bet it breaks with the next update.
In any case, by moving to Sid I am now, in my opinion, on a true 'Rolling Release'.
Everything works.
The whole point of my post is to say that no more worries about upgrading to a new release or Update Packs. I run an update check at least 3-4x's a day.
As ZeroZero implies, I am on my own and not for the faint-hearted as if the system breaks, everyone gets to laugh at me.
It was a bit of a challenge as I wanted to install gnome 3 and I had cinnamon installed but aptitude was great and all went well.
Since being on Sid I have had only 1 breakage. Now that I bragged I bet it breaks with the next update.
In any case, by moving to Sid I am now, in my opinion, on a true 'Rolling Release'.
Everything works.
The whole point of my post is to say that no more worries about upgrading to a new release or Update Packs. I run an update check at least 3-4x's a day.
As ZeroZero implies, I am on my own and not for the faint-hearted as if the system breaks, everyone gets to laugh at me.
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Zill
Re: What is LMDE upgrade policy?
Newbies should be aware of the Debian documentation on Sid:herbie643 wrote:I might be frowned upon but I installed LMDE 201303, I believe that was the release, and about 2mos ago I changed my repositories to SID...
... I am on my own and not for the faint-hearted as if the system breaks, everyone gets to laugh at me.
Nothing more to say!The unstable distribution ("sid")
The code name for Debian's development distribution is "sid", aliased to "unstable". Most of the development work that is done in Debian, is uploaded to this distribution. This distribution will never get released; instead, packages from it will propagate into testing and then into a real release.
Please note that security updates for "unstable" distribution are not managed by the security team. Hence, "unstable" does not get security updates in a timely manner. For more information please see the Security Team's FAQ.
"sid" is subject to massive changes and in-place library updates. This can result in a very "unstable" system which contains packages that cannot be installed due to missing libraries, dependencies that cannot be fulfilled etc. Use it at your own risk!