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q4osteam

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Re: Upgrade to a newer Q4OS edition

OP updated as Q4OS 4 Gemini reaches end-of-life

seb3773

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Re: Upgrade to a newer Q4OS edition

"If someone claims that major to major upgrade of Debian, Ubuntu, or another OS is safe, that's simply not true. We cannot recommend that in good conscience."
Exactly. Claiming that a major upgrade of Debian, Ubuntu, or any other OS is risk-free is simply not true. At most, you can say it is 'generally' reliable and officially supported, but you cannot honestly guarantee it.
Saying a major dist-upgrade is safe is to confuse the statistical reliability of the process with the absence of risk... It’s quite telling that Debian itself recommends, for important upgrades, making a full backup, and even now suggests as a precaution trying an upgrade in QEMU before touching the actual machine.

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vort3

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Re: Upgrade to a newer Q4OS edition

OP updated as Q4OS 4 Gemini reaches end-of-life

OP: Last edited by q4osteam (2025-12-19 18:09)

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q4osteam

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Re: Upgrade to a newer Q4OS edition

@vort3
Fixed, thanks:)

Taige

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Re: Upgrade to a newer Q4OS edition

To prevent some problem, isn't it better to have a usb key with the latest version of Q4OS and proceed with formatting and subsequent installation of the new operating system?