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Keeping the system up to date
Updating the system and software
Open your terminal or virtual terminal. (Often, the shortcut for this is Ctrl + Alt + T. Once there, type the following command:
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Updating your distribution
If you are looking to upgrade your distribution, you can doing running the following command:
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Cleaning old software remains
To clean the system of unnecessary packages, you can run this command:
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Be advised that you should never simply copy and paste commands from your browser into the terminal, as you can be tricked to run malicious code that may not even be visible due to formatting. The best practice is to type what you see.
