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bp@www.zefox.net writes:
> Richard Kettlewell  wrote:
>> What command(s) did you use?
> The usual,
> sudo apt update
> sudo apt upgrade

I would suggest using ‘apt-get dist-upgrade’, if upgrading manually,
because:

(1) ‘apt upgrade’ will currently never remove a package, even if that’s
    necessary to upgrade something else.

(2) ‘apt’ is permitted to meaning from version to version, so any advice
    given about it today could be invalidated tomorrow.

> It does seem that upgrades trickle in slowly, as advertised by the
> "update available" icon. It seems as if there needs to be some
> additional information offered on when to upgrade and/or reboot.

When to upgrade:

* I use https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades, which takes most of
  the hassle out of it.

When to reboot:

* /var/run/reboot-required should be nonempty if you need a reboot.

* https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/needrestart should help with
  reboot notifications.

* unattended-upgrades mentions any need to reboot in its email
  notifications.

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