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| Thread ID: 146681 | 2018-10-22 22:06:00 | Linux Mint 19 installation. | mzee (3324) | Press F1 |
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| 1454755 | 2018-10-22 22:06:00 | I am using Mint 18.3 which is excellent. Thinking of changing to Mint 19, but not keen on the hassle of re-installing all the software. The data files are not a problem as they are backed up to Google Drive. Is there a way of upgrading to Mint 9 while retaining the software setup? | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1454756 | 2018-10-22 22:10:00 | A lot of fluffing about, BUT community.linuxmint.com | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1454757 | 2018-10-22 23:25:00 | You just update. If worried, do a backup of personal first (Thats built into 19, but you can get that via software manager for 18. Then update and voila, its done. |
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| 1454758 | 2018-10-23 03:01:00 | I performed an upgrade from 18.3 to 19 but in the end went for a fresh install to see what I may have been missing out on. I actually preferred 18.3 and saw no real benefits to upgrading, you keep all your programs and don't get any additional programs that 19 includes when doing a fresh install, it also doesn't remove the obsolete programs or programs they no longer ship with Mint. To upgrade, you download mintupgrade: sudo apt install mintupgrade (or update it if you have previously gone from 17.x to 18, since its just an updated tool). Then you use mintupgrade, cant remember if sudo is needed: sudo mintupgrade download Then: sudo mintupgrade upgrade That's pretty much the gist of it. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1454759 | 2018-10-23 08:23:00 | I have decided to leave it for a while. There are several problems with 19 which have yet to be sorted. Nothing wrong with 18.3 anyway :) | mzee (3324) | ||
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