On 06/08/23 18:12, 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.
What you are talking about is updating the already existing OS, not installing a new one. In debian too, you just need to click a button (run two commands) to update to a newer version, for example to switch to debian 12 from debian 11 does not require installing it from scratch from USB or CD.
If debian was shipped preinstalled in your laptop (there are some!), then you never had to use a USB stick or CD to install debian, just like macOS, as macOS was preinstalled in your device.
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 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
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