Yes that’s the recommended path.

Information on how to upgrade can be found in the official documentation:

https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.html

https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.html

https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.html

https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.html

As others pointed out it might be a PITA. Depending on your installed software and configuration a new install might be easier.

Hi.

I’m actually amazed how many people comment without having a clue what they are talking about.

What you’re describing is not an issue but the fix of an issue 😃

When the kernel boots with the parameter quiet, systemd should get the option systemd.show_status=auto. With this option it should only inform about failures and such like. In current releases this finally works.

To get the old behaviour you just have to add systemd.show_status=true to your kernel parameters.

Did the same in python. Ages ago. And again in python half a decade ago. And again in python a few months ago.

Never repeat anything.