clipka wrote:
> Okay, so I decided it was time to upgrade my Linux machine from Debian 
> "Etch" (4.0.5) to "Lenny" (5.0.3)...
> 
> Gripe #1: How to download the packages?
> 
> I don't have the Linux machine configured to connect to the internet 
> (and don't intend to), so I'd have to download ISO DVD images using my 
> Windows machine. Debian strongly suggests using jigdo (there is no 
> serious alternative to download images, unless one would be happy to use 
> BitTorrent, which I don't intend to install either).

You're kind of paranoid, huh? ;)  You never really used bittorrent?

BTW, I don't see the logic behind an offline Linux in favor of an online 
Windows if security is of concern... :)

> It seems that updating was easier than some official Debian How-To 
> claimed: Instead of hassling with gazillions of steps on an SSH text 
> terminal ("do /not/ try this via an X-Window connection!"), all I did 
> was click some menu entries and buttons in the Synaptic Package Manager 
> running under Gnome, and make a few decisions whether to have some 
> configuration files overwritten by new versions or keep the old ones. 
> And reboot once, because I couldn't bother trying to figure out the 
> correct commands to restart a few services (most notably gdm) manually.

Yeah, Synaptic is such a joy.

> Gripe #2: WTF?!
> ...
> So what did I do?
> ...
> Linux sucks.

there you go!  Linux don't like you either. ;)

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