Fri, 14 Feb 2025 01:06:56 -0500 - Walter Dnes <waltdnes@???>:

> Long-time linux user, but new to Devuan. Treat these as newbie
> questions.
>
> 1) Is "apt full-upgrade" equivalant to
> apt update
> apt upgrade

apt update && upgrade

synchronize the indices of the locally installed packages with the
repositories in use (update) and install the latest versions available
(upgrade)

apt full-upgrade

as before but, if it is required to update the packages to the new versions,
it also install the additional packages that are necessary to resolve any new
dependencies

> 2) My Gentoo minimalist streak... can I safely remove "standard apps"
> like Libreoffice and Firefox-esr?

sure

> 3) This leads into my next question. My "apt" cheatsheet shows...
> sudo apt autoremove
> sudo apt --purge autoremove
> Is it necessary to enter both commands or is the second one sufficient?

autoremove
remove packages keeping their configuration files

autoremove --purge
remove packages and also their configuration files


> 4) The only thing I miss from Gentoo is xfreecell. A promising
> replacement is https://github.com/malaise/xfreecell But the readme says
> that it requires a font named "7x14". fc-list doesn't show any such
> animal. Where can I download/install it from?

You can consider installing aisleriot (a collection of more than 80
card games, including freecell), which is available form the
repositories:

sudo apt-get install aisleriot

Regards
alexus


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