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Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 59000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.

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Upgrade old version of Debian (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by christ0st@lemm.ee to c/debian@lemmy.ml

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Is it possible to upgrade a Debian 8 (Jessie) to 9, 10, 11 and eventually 12? It is reccomended to upgrade one release at a time. But! 9's repositories are archived. How can I upgrade form 8 to 9?

Thank you in advance!

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[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbh... Itd probably be easier to back up files and settings and do a clean install of 12. If you try to upgrade in a chain like what you are wanting to do, not only is it going to be very tedious, something is virtually certain to break in a way that will make it much easier to just install from scratch.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

If OP has good backups, they should try to upgrade from 8 directly to 12.... For science