debian

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?...

I’ve just switched from Fedora to Debian 12 and I can’t seem to get bridge networking to work. I’ve followed the official guide and edited the /etc/network/interfaces. I double checked and everything is correct. I rebooted the system but my ethernet stopped working altogether. Are there any updated guides and common...

No official announcement yet, but today’s point release has gone live. I just updated 112 packages.

edit /etc/default/grub, set grub_timeout to 0. Run update-grub so the change sticks....

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I’m currently unable to install Debian using the latest netinst from www.debian.org/distrib/, when selecting any “Install” option, the screen glitches....

I’ve seen different opinions on this. Some people will certainly be looking for community-maintained distributions since they are unlikely to undergo a change like this. In particular some sysadmin Youtubers (like Veronica Explains) have been saying that they are switching their clients over. But others have been saying that...

Been trying to install distrobox on debian 12 but have been running into several issues. Is debian 12 not compatible with debian 12?

Here’s a little script I use for every fresh install I do. It isn’t ground breaking stuff, but it saves me the hassle of diving into settings and finding all the check boxes to check. Here it is:...

Recently, I found myself needing the latest Firefox version, specifically version 115, for its GPU accelerated video capabilities. My machine isn’t the most powerful, so this feature was a game-changer for me. With previous Firefox versions, I was limited to 1080p for smooth video playback or could manage 1440p, but with...

Everyone is getting jerked around by IBM and now Oracle adding to the drama...

So i did my update today. Due to plasmashell being broken for me right now. I had to roll back, thank you Timeshift. So it got me wondering what day of the week works best for you all to update?

i installed debian with KDE for a friend years ago… is there a way to upgrade to bookworm using the “discover” GUI? or are they going to have to edit /etc/apt/sources.list?...

I updated the distro and wifi stopped working....

On Monday morning we (Mozilla) detected a very large crash spike affecting #Firefox users on Linux, specifically on an older version of a Debian-based distribution. It turned out to be an interesting bug involving the #Linux kernel and #Google JavaScript code so let me tell you about it. A thread 🧵

Hi, if you're trying to build lemmy from scratch, on debian (not ubuntu), and you're following this guide: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/from_scratch.html...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1313027...

Anything I should look out for, or smooth sailing?

Really is an incredible release...

Hello debian lemmies,...

I’m glad to find Debian and other familiar Linux distros on Lemmy. More power and hope to be able to share on this community!

https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230610

First of all, thank you @Thief@lemmy.one for offering to help. You inspired me to go ahead and post an issue that's been bothering me....