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coolguy

Safe to install RC?

Post by coolguy »

I was just wondering if it was safe to install the KDE RC alongside Windows 7.
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sagirfahmid3

Re: Safe to install RC?

Post by sagirfahmid3 »

Yea, it's safe. But, sometimes when using RC versions of OSes, random things can get errors or strange behavior can happen since it isn't fully tested for errors yet.
When the final version comes out, all you have to do is install level 1 and 2 updates from MintUpdate.

Easier way is to do this:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
richyrich

Re: Safe to install RC?

Post by richyrich »

@sagirfahmid3
please be careful telling people to use this command, it will upgrade everything, including levels 4 and 5 !

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sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sagirfahmid3

Re: Safe to install RC?

Post by sagirfahmid3 »

In MintUpdate only those packages up to level 3 are shown and chosen by default. If he chooses to, he may decrease it to level 2. Level 3 updates aren't tested by Mint, but are safe, for example libpurple is a level 3 update that you need for Pidgin. Read below please :P
http://askubuntu.com/questions/81585/wh ... an-upgrade
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richyrich

Re: Safe to install RC?

Post by richyrich »

now, research up on apt and the dist-upgrade command . . which bypasses mintUpdate altogether !
sagirfahmid3

Re: Safe to install RC?

Post by sagirfahmid3 »

Depends on the sources list; long as you don't add other sources, like untrusted PPAs, then its cool.
The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired package files.
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