Unlikely to make any odds whatsoever. What a lot of us old hands recommend to do is use the update manager to perform point updates (e.g. 18.1->18.2) and do a complete reinstall to move between major versions (e.g. 18->19). Having your data (movies, music etc) on a separate partition or a separate disc saves copying it over when you reinstall.richlion2 wrote:Hello,
really great news and excellent job . My small question is - from a performance point of view is it better to do a clean install, in other words, would an update deteriorate performance slightly? I know, a Linux partition does not necessarily require a defrag like NTFS, but still?
Cheers,
Richard
Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
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Re: Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
Re: Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
Great upgrade and a definitely improvement over 18.1. Thanks to Clem and the Mint team.
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Re: Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
Just a quick shout-out to Clem and the team to thank you for another excellent release.
I installed LM 18.2 64/Cinnamon two days ago on my 2011 MacBook Pro, and I couldn't be happier. It runs like a champ, very solidly.
This is a clean installation, as opposed to an upgrade-in-place which I know is also an available option (thanks to the team's efforts) but, as a veteran computer user going back more than 30 years, I do not believe in upgrade-installs. The only time I will do that is when it is forced by the OS vendor. And, because I don't run any commercial software or OSs personally, at this point it's only for the purpose of helping someone else out.
Thanks again, folks!
I installed LM 18.2 64/Cinnamon two days ago on my 2011 MacBook Pro, and I couldn't be happier. It runs like a champ, very solidly.
This is a clean installation, as opposed to an upgrade-in-place which I know is also an available option (thanks to the team's efforts) but, as a veteran computer user going back more than 30 years, I do not believe in upgrade-installs. The only time I will do that is when it is forced by the OS vendor. And, because I don't run any commercial software or OSs personally, at this point it's only for the purpose of helping someone else out.
Thanks again, folks!
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Re: Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
Me too, I'm also really missing the "Right Click / Resize Icon" feature. That was a distinguishing feature, hard to understand that it got lost with all the improvements introduced in Cinnamon 3.4 related to icon handling. Please bring it back soon.
Re: Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
Currently I have 18.2 on one drive with a separate partition for data and 18.1 on a separate SSD completely, using the same data partition as with the 18.2 installation. If I upgrade my SSD from 18.1 to 18.2, do I loose any configurations on that upgrade as I would if I did a fresh install?MintBean wrote:...What a lot of us old hands recommend to do is use the update manager to perform point updates (e.g. 18.1->18.2) and do a complete reinstall to move between major versions (e.g. 18->19). Having your data (movies, music etc) on a separate partition or a separate disc saves copying it over when you reinstall.
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Re: Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
Used to get desktop lockup 18.0/1 but Nvidea driver with 18.2 sound as a pound! Also installed Intel microcode (never knew this was a thing), tower sleeps twice as fast! Basically all my usage scenario bugz squashed & that final 1% of polish...
Is there a way to regularly donate to Mint team?
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Re: Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
You can here:fleamour wrote:Used to get desktop lockup 18.0/1 but Nvidea driver with 18.2 sound as a pound! Also installed Intel microcode (never knew this was a thing), tower sleeps twice as fast! Basically all my usage scenario bugz squashed & that final 1% of polish...
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Re: Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
Point updates via the update manager retain all your settings and data, even if it's in the home directory. Of course, it's a sensible precaution to backup before performing such an upgrade but the risk is minimal.rgand wrote:Currently I have 18.2 on one drive with a separate partition for data and 18.1 on a separate SSD completely, using the same data partition as with the 18.2 installation. If I upgrade my SSD from 18.1 to 18.2, do I loose any configurations on that upgrade as I would if I did a fresh install?MintBean wrote:...What a lot of us old hands recommend to do is use the update manager to perform point updates (e.g. 18.1->18.2) and do a complete reinstall to move between major versions (e.g. 18->19). Having your data (movies, music etc) on a separate partition or a separate disc saves copying it over when you reinstall.
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Re: Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
Great. Thanks for this. I backed up everything this morning in anticipation. Your help is much appreciated.MintBean wrote:Point updates via the update manager retain all your settings and data, even if it's in the home directory. Of course, it's a sensible precaution to backup before performing such and upgrade but the risk is minimal.rgand wrote:Currently I have 18.2 on one drive with a separate partition for data and 18.1 on a separate SSD completely, using the same data partition as with the 18.2 installation. If I upgrade my SSD from 18.1 to 18.2, do I loose any configurations on that upgrade as I would if I did a fresh install?MintBean wrote:...What a lot of us old hands recommend to do is use the update manager to perform point updates (e.g. 18.1->18.2) and do a complete reinstall to move between major versions (e.g. 18->19). Having your data (movies, music etc) on a separate partition or a separate disc saves copying it over when you reinstall.
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Re: Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
I updated my backup computer from 18.1 to 18.2 and it worked as you said it would. Next on to my main one. Again, thanks.
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Re: Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
Hi All,
Installed Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" Cinnamon on an HP Compaq with i386 Pentium 4.
Very happy for having reclaimed another piece of hardware from the scrap heap, runs real good.
Installed Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" Cinnamon on an HP Compaq with i386 Pentium 4.
Very happy for having reclaimed another piece of hardware from the scrap heap, runs real good.
Re: Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon released!
Why making do you automaticly create a guest account (and allow any one to log for any where) ? It is a serious security hole prone !!1