Linux for Small Business Owners: Using Free and Open Source Software to Power Your Dreams

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D. Both, C. BulkaLinux for Small Business Ownershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8264-9_15

15. Upgrades

David Both¹   and Cyndi Bulka¹

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Raleigh, NC, USA

 

Objectives

After reading this chapter, you will be able to

• Describe the difference between updates and upgrades

• Understand the reasons why upgrades are another important task required to maintain your Fedora hosts

• Prepare for the upgrade

• Perform the upgrade from one release of Fedora to the next

• Perform required post-upgrade tasks

• Automate upgrades

Introduction

Let’s dive into how to upgrade from one release of Fedora to the next. Updates install fixes and enhancements to the installed software, but Fedora remains ...