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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 into running malicious code.
