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#1
Distributions / Re: Linux Mint 20.3 EOL
Last post by buster - April 09, 2025, 09:00:59 PMSteps for the upgrades are on the site somewhere. I always found then straight forward. And if you have a separate /home, you can do a fresh install and not format /home. Quick.
But the upgrades seemed fairly easy. And interesting. Do the 2 upgrades over a period of time.
You do have an image to fall back on.
Marilyn's computer has gone thru many of these.
But the upgrades seemed fairly easy. And interesting. Do the 2 upgrades over a period of time.
You do have an image to fall back on.
Marilyn's computer has gone thru many of these.
#2
General Discussion / Durham PC Users' Club meeting ...
Last post by Jason - April 09, 2025, 07:46:05 PMI received this from Hugh Crawford a couple of days ago and forgot to share it. The meeting is tomorrow night. Looks like a great subject! Thanks for letting us know, Hugh! And one of the presenters, Kal Somogyvary is a member!
Here's the details:
Durham PC Users' Club is a Canadian Computer Club and we are inviting you to our April General Meeting a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: DPCUC General Meeting - Come and join us as David Swain and Kal Somogyvary present "Unleash Your Inner Techie: - How to Build Your Own PC"
More Information https://durhampc-usersclub.on.ca/presenters/pr202504.html
Meeting Time: Apr 10, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada)
Join the Zoom Meeting, please click on the link below. You will arrive in the Waiting Room and the host will admit you at 7:00 pm.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83492096183?pwd=Q3phQnBxR1hIUE9ZWWsrQjlTSmQzUT09
Meeting ID: 834 9209 6183
Passcode: 124327
You may join the meeting by telephone for an audio-only connection by dialing
One tap mobile
+16475580588,,83492096183#,,,,*124327# Canada (Toronto)
Here's the details:
Durham PC Users' Club is a Canadian Computer Club and we are inviting you to our April General Meeting a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: DPCUC General Meeting - Come and join us as David Swain and Kal Somogyvary present "Unleash Your Inner Techie: - How to Build Your Own PC"
More Information https://durhampc-usersclub.on.ca/presenters/pr202504.html
Meeting Time: Apr 10, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada)
Join the Zoom Meeting, please click on the link below. You will arrive in the Waiting Room and the host will admit you at 7:00 pm.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83492096183?pwd=Q3phQnBxR1hIUE9ZWWsrQjlTSmQzUT09
Meeting ID: 834 9209 6183
Passcode: 124327
You may join the meeting by telephone for an audio-only connection by dialing
One tap mobile
+16475580588,,83492096183#,,,,*124327# Canada (Toronto)
#3
Distributions / Re: Linux Mint 20.3 EOL
Last post by Jason - April 09, 2025, 05:30:34 PMIt looks like you're right. Upgrade to 21 and then 22. Did this page provide you with that info?
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=432084
A fresh install of 22 would be much easier if you could back up your home drive, more so if you have a separate partition/drive for /home. Make sure to backup your hidden dotfiles (they begin with a dot like .bash, for example, if you want to restore program settings and desktop configuration (the "look").
But if you want to go the double upgrade route, you might also consider using Timeshift. Do it once, then upgrade to 21, do one again if everything looks okay, and then go to 22. If something goes wrong, a previous release can probably be restored faster than an image because, after the initial run, it only keeps track of changes. By default, it doesn't backup data, though, so make sure you configure it to do that first.
If you do a fresh install, you could put /home on its own partition for future upgrades, if you haven't already. I still back up my personal files daily anyway, but that's me.
Good luck!
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=432084
A fresh install of 22 would be much easier if you could back up your home drive, more so if you have a separate partition/drive for /home. Make sure to backup your hidden dotfiles (they begin with a dot like .bash, for example, if you want to restore program settings and desktop configuration (the "look").
But if you want to go the double upgrade route, you might also consider using Timeshift. Do it once, then upgrade to 21, do one again if everything looks okay, and then go to 22. If something goes wrong, a previous release can probably be restored faster than an image because, after the initial run, it only keeps track of changes. By default, it doesn't backup data, though, so make sure you configure it to do that first.
If you do a fresh install, you could put /home on its own partition for future upgrades, if you haven't already. I still back up my personal files daily anyway, but that's me.
Good luck!
#4
Distributions / Linux Mint 20.3 EOL
Last post by ssfc72 - April 09, 2025, 08:29:04 AMMy 20.3 version of Mint is now telling me that I have 50 days until it is no longer supported.
I believe I can't update my 20.3 version to the 22.1, long term version, directly.
I would need to do a fresh install of 22.1, which I rather not do, or do an upgrade to version 21 and then, upgrade to version 22.1, which is also a long term version.
I have just done an image of the computer hard drive so I am good, if anything goes wrong during the upgrades.
I believe I can't update my 20.3 version to the 22.1, long term version, directly.
I would need to do a fresh install of 22.1, which I rather not do, or do an upgrade to version 21 and then, upgrade to version 22.1, which is also a long term version.
I have just done an image of the computer hard drive so I am good, if anything goes wrong during the upgrades.
#5
Politics, Society and News. / Re: Ice storm tree damage and ...
Last post by fox - April 09, 2025, 07:56:27 AMYes, I was lucky. As for fish, I don't have an automatic feeder. I have vacation feeder tablets, supposedly good for 10 days, but I have pushed to two weeks.
Don't worry, I'm alive and well. Just traveling a lot. I check the PLUG site most days, but with a lot of the messages being non-Linux, I don't respond as often.
With the ice storm and my internet down, I did run into a Linux problem, but it was related to my particular setup. On the iMac that I use as my main machine, and run Ubuntu, no distro sees the internal wifi. As I couldn't find any wifi that worked automatically (i.e. without installing a driver), I ended up buying a powerline device that allows me to connect to ethernet without a wire running through my router. With the power out, my iPhone could act as a hotspot, but only to devices connected with wifi. So I was unable to get internet on Ubuntu in that way, and had to wait until my internet was restored.
Don't worry, I'm alive and well. Just traveling a lot. I check the PLUG site most days, but with a lot of the messages being non-Linux, I don't respond as often.
With the ice storm and my internet down, I did run into a Linux problem, but it was related to my particular setup. On the iMac that I use as my main machine, and run Ubuntu, no distro sees the internal wifi. As I couldn't find any wifi that worked automatically (i.e. without installing a driver), I ended up buying a powerline device that allows me to connect to ethernet without a wire running through my router. With the power out, my iPhone could act as a hotspot, but only to devices connected with wifi. So I was unable to get internet on Ubuntu in that way, and had to wait until my internet was restored.
#6
Politics, Society and News. / Re: Ice storm tree damage and ...
Last post by ssfc72 - April 08, 2025, 09:29:55 AMIt is good that you didn't have any damage done to your house from the downed tree limbs.
You must have an automatic feeder for your fish, when you are not home?
Good to hear from you, Mike.
You must have an automatic feeder for your fish, when you are not home?
Good to hear from you, Mike.
#7
Politics, Society and News. / Re: Ice storm tree damage and ...
Last post by fox - April 08, 2025, 09:15:21 AMI was away for the ice storm, but when I returned I found that I had lost numerous branches from two trees, and I had a big cleanup. My power was off for three days, but was back on by the time I got home. However, the lost of heat in the house and in my aquaria resulted in the loss of 7 fish. Meanwhile, my internet also went out; the line from my house to the telephone poll that carries my internet connection was severed. I still don't have it back, but Cogeco is coming today to repair it.
#8
General Discussion / Re: Windows 10 End off Life, O...
Last post by Jason - April 06, 2025, 10:28:04 AMJason will consider it. 
#9
General Discussion / Re: The Really Unpleasant Comp...
Last post by Jason - April 06, 2025, 10:27:21 AMI know what you mean about numbers ticking over that is pathetically exciting. I only just reached 1K followers on Bluesky and was thrilled.
#10
Politics, Society and News. / Re: Ice storm tree damage and ...
Last post by Jason - April 06, 2025, 10:25:10 AMWe were lucky. Other than one half-hour period, the power didn't go off. We have numerous times where the power flickered or briefly (seconds) went off. Just enough to annoy you if you were working on the computer and getting a stern warning from my printer.
We lost the internet for a day or so. The phone service and internet worked but the data was slow as all hell and kept disconnecting for another day.
We have damaged trees down our side street and anyone in Peterborough knows we had limbs blocking off roads and many old trees all but taken out. If they were cars, you'd call them write-offs. A beautiful huge maple tree beside our driveway had major branches ripped out. I hope they don't have to take it down. With the horrible storm we had before and a windstorm the next day after the ice storm, we've lost a lot of foliage. It's sad.
I have another friend who didn't get his power back until Thursday, and he relied on it for heat. Cold showers must be rough. Do gas furnaces work when the power goes out? I know the thermostat wouldn't but I thought there might be a fall-back mode.
Aside from blocked streets forcing some buses to cancel or re-route (they cancelled service altogether for a day), they assigned heat buses where people could get on and warm up. So only half the lines were running for a few days.
We lost the internet for a day or so. The phone service and internet worked but the data was slow as all hell and kept disconnecting for another day.
We have damaged trees down our side street and anyone in Peterborough knows we had limbs blocking off roads and many old trees all but taken out. If they were cars, you'd call them write-offs. A beautiful huge maple tree beside our driveway had major branches ripped out. I hope they don't have to take it down. With the horrible storm we had before and a windstorm the next day after the ice storm, we've lost a lot of foliage. It's sad.
I have another friend who didn't get his power back until Thursday, and he relied on it for heat. Cold showers must be rough. Do gas furnaces work when the power goes out? I know the thermostat wouldn't but I thought there might be a fall-back mode.
Aside from blocked streets forcing some buses to cancel or re-route (they cancelled service altogether for a day), they assigned heat buses where people could get on and warm up. So only half the lines were running for a few days.