Release Upgrade

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A standard upgrade ensures that all packages within a major release are up-to-date, while a release upgrade upgrades from one major version to another.

However, due to technical limitations, a standard ("everyday") upgrade cannot perform the same functions as a release upgrade. The release upgrade procedure upgrades a significantly larger number of packages, often removes certain packages, and requires the user to follow additional steps as outlined in the release upgrade documentation.

Introduction[edit]

What is better? Upgrade or Image Re-Installation? See Update vs Image Re-Installation.

For the latest instructions on a release upgrade from Whonix 16 to Whonix 17, see here.

release-upgrade[edit]

It is very much discouraged to run the release-upgradearchive.org command without following the release upgrade instructions for the version intended to be upgraded.

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