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Re: Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not?

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On Lu, 11 oct 21, 14:59:35, local10 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Am considering upgrading from buster to bullseye and looking for some 
> feedback from those who have already done so. Was it worth it, in your 
> opinion? Anything you like in particular about bullseye? Any 
> problems/issues or degradation of performance/functionality/features, 
> especially related to the KDE and its apps?

One machine here is running bullseye (fresh install), and so far it 
seems to be fine, though I didn't have the chance to push it to its full 
potential / intended use.

Since the hardware is quite new it might not even work very well with 
buster (if at all).

The other systems under my care will be upgraded soonish, unless they 
are completely de-commissioned / re-purposed (for unrelated reasons).

With the upgrade to bullseye I would get rid of a few backports, but 
nothing essential.

This may or may not be relevant for your use, more details from your 
side could result in more accurate assessments.
 
> I'm asking this because something upgrading just isn't worth it, it's 
> better perhaps to wait for the next release, like for example when KDE 
> 3.5 was replaced with the initial KDE 4.x, that upgrade created so 
> many problems (for me) while adding very little in terms of benefits.

Apparently that particular (dist-)upgrade was indeed painful for many 
KDE users[1]. The rest of the system was fine though, as far as I 
recall.

On the other hand regular security support for buster will end about one 
year before the release of bookworm. Are you fine with (only) LTS 
support?

https://www.debian.org/lts/

[1] It might have contributed to my brother eventually giving up on 
dual-booting Debian on his desktop.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2021-10-11 15:00 +0200
  Re: Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-10-11 15:30 +0200
  Re: Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-10-11 15:40 +0200
  Re: Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-10-11 16:10 +0200
  Re: Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not? Peter Ehlert <pb21a@sdi-baja.com> - 2021-10-11 16:30 +0200
    Re: Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2021-10-11 17:40 +0200
  Re: Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2021-10-11 18:50 +0200
    Re: Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not? Махно <mindaugasceliesius@gmail.com> - 2021-10-12 14:20 +0200
  Re: Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not? "David Palacio" <debian@david.palacio.io> - 2021-10-12 15:50 +0200
    Re: Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2021-10-12 22:50 +0200

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