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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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Why does linux check different repos at different times? (lemmy.atay.dev)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev to c/debian@lemmy.ml

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I just updated and noticed some more 'get/hit' lines, repeated the command and there are now only 'hit'. Can anyone explain this process a bit? My apologies if this is a dumb question.

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[–] Krafting@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Linux check the file online, and check for change compared to the local file on your computer, if there is a change, then it GET (download) the whole new file, as you can see in the first command!

[–] Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev -1 points 1 year ago

thank you for the explanation

[–] bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Hit" means that the local cached file matches the file on the server.

[–] Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev -2 points 1 year ago

thank you for the explanation