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From: Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Setting a manual IP address
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 09:05:27 +0100
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druck <news@druck.org.uk> writes:
> On 21/05/2024 05:57, 62hx.1708 wrote:
>>    I think Deb is now employing Canonical REJECTS who
>>    have totally screwed up the distro to ZERO advantage.
>
> I've no idea who they've employed, but it is going in a direction I
> don't want to follow.

Debian doesn’t employ anyone, it’s all volunteers.

> There is a way around this. If you install the 64 bit version of
> Bullseye on a Pi 4, you can install the same set of packages copy your
> config files from the 32 bit version, making it work exactly the same.
>
> You then ignore the dire warnings and do an in place upgrade to
> Bookworm. That then retains retains the previous style dhcpcd5
> networking, and doesn't install Wayland etc.

??? why not just install bookworm and then adjust it to taste. If you
want ifupdown-style network configuration (which I do) you can just
install it under bookworm, edit /etc/network/interfaces. No need to
take aroundabout routes like installing bullseye and upgrading.

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