Subj : Re: Setting a manual IP address To : druck From : Richard Kettlewell Date : Wed May 22 2024 09:05:27 druck 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. -- https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/ --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .