(before LTS support runs out) I have now dist-upgraded several times, always from (old)stable to stable. Originally written for a Jessie => Stretch upgrade, this text still applies for Buster => Bullseye and likely so on into the future. So just replace "jessie" and "stretch" in this text wit.....

I noticed that my server's (Debian stable) datetime was way off. Years. Strange, because I was sure I had enabled systemd-timesyncd (but apparently never gave it a second thought after that). Looking at systemctl status systemd-timesyncd I found this cryptic message: ● systemd-timesyncd.service - Ne.....

I understand your reluctance to throw that nice little netbook away. Actually I used to own a very similar model until recently, an Acer Aspire One ZG5, with one of those infamously underpowered intel Atom processors (and GPU). I bought it used (dirt cheap) in 2015 (it was new in 2010) and installed.....