Had this one on the todo list for a while. Finally got around to it. This is essentially a revamped post of my 2024 Setting up Debian and GNOME DE notes. Since then I've dropped some software like zellij, added a few more, moved from GNOME to Xfce, and changed some preparation processes to make life a little easier during the upgrade. I know that I could have just followed these steps and done an upgrade, and it seems Debian is pretty good at doing this successfully, but I like to do a clean install as it gives me a chance to clean out the junk, find new workflows and force some documenting for future me (thus this post). Preparation Ensure all dotfiles, config files and systemd service files are stowed in my ~/.dotfiles directory, and that directory has been pushed to the Forgejo repository on the Raspberry Pi. PARA folders are backed up using BorgBackup onto the TrueNAS Supermicro server BorgWarehouse respository. Prepare a USB stick with the new OS Reboot with stick in tapping F12…
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