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Dear Bill,

If this isn't trolling, you've actually got your answer hidden in your
description.

> I go to update 

Installing a new OS is not updating the existing.

Regards,

Nihat.


On Sun, 2023-08-06 at 08:42 -0400, Bill Miller wrote:
> Just like that;
> 
> When Apple makes a new OS or IOS I do not need to download anything.
> I go to update, it will ask me if i am sure i want to install
> a new OS. it warns me that all my stuff will be lost if i change my
> OS. It will then ask me for my password. Once i put in my password,
> up comes a box reading "wait" and in about 20 to 90 minutes later the
> device resets and comes back on and the new OS is on, up and,
> running. No downloading, no cd, no usb drive. I dont need to know
> anything about tech or computers to go from one old OS to another new
> OS.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 11:35 PM Marc Haber
> <mh+debian-project@zugschlus.de> wrote:
> > Hello Bill,
> > 
> > thanks for your Interest in Debian and also for your ramblings,
> > which I
> > don't quote for brevity.
> > 
> > On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 08:40:51PM -0400, Bill Miller wrote:
> > > I really want to try Debian but i dont live in the 90's CDs and
> > > USB
> > > drives times. why cant i just install Debian from a digital
> > > cloud? i
> > > dont understand why i need physical hardware to run digital
> > > software?
> > 
> > Kindly educate us. What is the "modern" way to install an operating
> > system on hardware if using an USB stick or some other boot medium
> > is unwanted 1990ies technology?
> > 
> > Please give detailed instructions how installing an operating
> > system
> > from "a digital cloud" would work?
> > 
> > Best regards
> > Marc Haber
> > 

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debian image questions Bill Miller <bm8457475@gmail.com> - 2023-08-03 03:20 +0200
  Re: debian image questions Marc Haber <mh+debian-project@zugschlus.de> - 2023-08-03 09:10 +0200
    Re: debian image questions Bill Miller <bm8457475@gmail.com> - 2023-08-06 16:10 +0200
      Re: debian image questions Marc Haber <mh+debian-project@zugschlus.de> - 2023-08-06 16:50 +0200
      Re: debian image questions Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> - 2023-08-06 17:30 +0200
      Re: debian image questions Nihat Kalfazade <posta@nihatkalfazade.com> - 2023-08-06 17:50 +0200
      Re: debian image questions <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-08-06 22:20 +0200
      Re: debian image questions Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> - 2023-08-07 02:20 +0200
    Re: debian image questions Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2023-08-07 06:00 +0200
  Re: debian image questions ghostbar <ghostbar@riseup.net> - 2023-08-03 14:40 +0200
    Re: debian image questions Timo Röhling <roehling@debian.org> - 2023-08-03 14:50 +0200
  Re: debian image questions Satvik Sinha <sinhasatvik214@gmail.com> - 2023-08-03 16:20 +0200

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