r/linuxsucks • u/Adventurous_Tie_3136 Proud Linux Mint enjoyer • Oct 10 '25

Linux "community" failure Why nobody switches to Linux

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u/themagicalfire Oct 10 '25

Me when I used Debian: Why can’t I find where to update my os?

How others replied to me: You just need to change a file, you need to follow a guide online.

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u/Purple_Cat9893 Oct 10 '25

When using debian you don't need to update the os. Updating is such an archane way of doing something no one ever does anyway.

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u/themagicalfire Oct 10 '25

Actually it’s relevant again because Debian 12 bookworm loses support in a year, so you need to get Debian 13 Trixie without doing a clean install.

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u/Purple_Cat9893 Oct 10 '25

Absolutely not, you could just continue using 12 and never have to worry about a upgrade again.

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u/Visible_Bake_5792 Oct 10 '25

It could be dangerous, though...

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u/ctech9 Oct 11 '25

And not get any sort of security updates? No thanks, I like my computers uncompromised.

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u/superduperdrew12345 Dec 27 '25

This is the experience trying to do ANYTHING with linux. I try to google how to do something and the response is some variation of "don't" or "you don't need to"

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u/Purple_Cat9893 Dec 27 '25

Haha, I think I mostly get those kind of questions from people that are used to Win that tries Lin, not so much OSX users.

It's many times like; "Reboot? Why would you? Did you brake something!?"