Easy Upgrade from Linux Mint 20.3 to 21

[buster]

Easy but frightening. It is slow and for me hair-raising at times, but I've leaned to have faith in every single Linux thing, most of the time. Half way through it lost the Internet, couldn't find all the packages it needed to get rid of, and just sat there staring at me. So I did the only sensible thing I could think of and went away while it did nothing - no flashing red light on the computer case.

When I came back after awhile there was a sign on the desktop which guided me. Everything worked, but I avoided going straight through to 21.3 because there is a warning that it might leave the computer unbootable. Probably rare, but......

Great little gizmo they've made for the upgrade, but be prepared to let it work:

https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/upgrade-to-mint-21.html

[ssfc72]

Thanks for the upgrade Tips, Buster. Good to know.

[buster]

Upgraded from 21 to 21.1 Surprisingly smooth and quick.

This particular system has gone through a number of upgrades over the years without problems or a fresh install.

Marilyn's system is a perfect example of why Linux Mint Cinnamon is the top desktop in the universe.

And I'm sure everyone will agree with me.

[ssfc72]

I don't know, the IBM WARP OS desktop is pretty nice! :-)

[buster]

"I don't know, the IBM WARP OS desktop is pretty nice! :-)"

And it's still under development!
https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/19/retro_tech_week_arca_os/

[Jason]

OS/2 used to be used on bank machines. It's probably still used on some although I think they moved to a special version of Windows, Windows CE, I believe, I think that's what it was called. KCC used to have a member that was a huge fanboy of OS/2, Cedric Silvester. Actually, he started KCC along with his wife and a few others a long time ago. Cedric came to a PLUG meeting once and presented LVM. He did use Linux instead of Windows for servers. He used to call Windows, Winbloze; Outlook, Lookout, etc.