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• Release Upgrade

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.

• Standard upgrade: Ensures all packages within a major release are up-to-date using regular upgrade procedures.
• Release upgrade: Upgrades the system from one major version to another, affecting many more packages.

Introduction

• Everyday upgrades are limited: A standard ("everyday") upgrade cannot replace a release upgrade due to technical limitations.
• Release upgrade impacts: A release upgrade often removes certain packages and requires users to follow extra steps outlined in the release upgrade documentation.
• How to check availability: To find out if a release upgrade is available, see Stay Tuned.
• Upgrade vs re-installation: For a comparison between upgrading and performing a full image re-installation, see Update vs Image Re-Installation.
• Release upgrade instructions:
  • To upgrade from Whonix 16 to Whonix 17, follow the steps at Release Upgrade 16 to 17. (Outdated)
  • To upgrade from Whonix 17 to Whonix 18, follow the steps at Release Upgrade 17 to 18.

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• Do not run blindly: It is very much discouraged to run the release-upgrade command without following release upgrade documentation (see above link).

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