i have read through the apt-get documentation on upgrading and it was going on about apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade. im still unclear as to which one i should use to update all my programs. ive had debian installed for a while and not once updated so i thought i might try it. im presuming that there should be at least several upgrades as i installed the stable version.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-h ... et.en.html
thats what i was reading.
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