# A Complete Idiot's Guide To Endeavour OS Maintenance / Update / Upgrade

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**Category:** Newbie\
**Created:** [March 19, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/a-complete-idiots-guide-to-endeavour-os-maintenance-update-upgrade/25184 "2022-03-19T15:01:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/a-complete-idiots-guide-to-endeavour-os-maintenance-update-upgrade/25184/106 "2023-09-28T22:39:40Z")

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thank you for the response. how do you, personally, go about deciding which `-Rns` orphans to get rid of? thank you, I’m learnng a lot.

I know you wrote this as a starting point, so I will hold up my end and research more on what is the smart way to make sure you can remove an orphan. thanks.

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