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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Debian 13.6 “Trixie” Released with 124 Bug Fixes and 120 Security Updates 🥳 (www.debian.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Zaelaa@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Remember you have to say apt dist-upgrade to get the minor version bump.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Um, do you? I don't seem to need to, never had except for major release updates and changing sources.

Just now;

root@backups:~# cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="13"
VERSION="13 (trixie)"
VERSION_CODENAME=trixie
DEBIAN_VERSION_FULL=13.5

Then "apt update" and "apt upgrade" followed by "reboot" and

root@backups:~# cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="13"
VERSION="13 (trixie)"
VERSION_CODENAME=trixie
DEBIAN_VERSION_FULL=13.6

(My history)

 497  apt update
  498  cat /etc/os-release
  499  apt upgrade
  500  reboot
  501  uname -a
  502  cat /etc/os-release
  503  history

[–] dislabled@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Afaik apt-get upgrade would not add or remove packages, where dist-upgrade would. However apt upgrade will install new packages but not remove any. Where full-upgrade (new naming, but dist-upgrade is also kept for the same function) will also remove packages.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I prefer-

aptitude safe-upgrade

[–] mlfh@lm.mlfh.org 12 points 1 month ago

[–] kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

dee bee yan

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

So that's why my system was suddenly pulling a hundred something packages when I randomly check for update.

Good one.