I have two questions to ask; each has several components. I hope anyone reading this will bear with me.

Question 1)

a) Will antiX-15, which currently uses the Debian Jessie stable repositories, automatically upgrade itself to antiX-16 when that version is introduced? Will the repositories automatically change to Debian testing or would that have to be done manually?

b) Will antiX-16-b2.1_386-full automatically upgrade itself to the final antiX-16 when that final version is introduced?

c) I assume that, if I install antiX-16 and set it to use the Testing repositories, the OS will be a 'rolling-release' type such that I will not have to upgrade the system periodically. For example, by regularly upgrading my system, antiX-16 would automatically become antiX-17 if and when that version is released. Is that right?

Question 2)

a) I understand that the BleachBit program has been removed from antiX-16. Would you please tell me the reason for this?

b) What would happen if I installed BleachBit? Would it cause some damage to the installation?

c) Is there another program which could be used to clean my computer the way BleachBit does?

Thank you for reading this and for considering my questions.

lhb1142 wrote:I have two questions to ask; each has several components. I hope anyone reading this will bear with me.

Question 1)

a) Will antiX-15, which currently uses the Debian Jessie stable repositories, automatically upgrade itself to antiX-16 when that version is introduced? Will the repositories automatically change to Debian testing or would that have to be done manually?

No.

b) Will antiX-16-b2.1_386-full automatically upgrade itself to the final antiX-16 when that final version is introduced?

not likely, as we are in the middle of fixing a rather major bug.

c) I assume that, if I install antiX-16 and set it to use the Testing repositories, the OS will be a 'rolling-release' type such that I will not have to upgrade the system periodically. For example, by regularly upgrading my system, antiX-16 would automatically become antiX-17 if and when that version is released. Is that right?

not quite, but it will be antiX-16 with a lot more updates.

Thanks for the quick reply to my first question. If antiX-16 won't be a rolling release in its basic form (even using the Testing repositories), is there some way to make it a rolling release? Is any such option being considered for the future?

The installer gives you the option to choose the Testing or Sid repos.
If you do choose Testing (or Sid), once installed, an apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade will be huge and may break the install due to the testing/unstable nature of Debian.
If you are an expert Debian testing/sid user, you will easily be able to apply any necessary repairs. If you are not, then don't use Testing/sid.

Thank you for that information. Do you have any information about my second question, the one regarding BleachBit?

Might want to hold off for a bit.
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