I would like to know if it would be possible to update to Buster by changing the sources list of a LMDE 3 (only the official debian repos).
What problems could occured ?
LMDE 3 and Buster [SOLVED]
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Monsieurzik
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LMDE 3 and Buster [SOLVED]
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Re: LMDE 3 and Buster
you would risk breaking the LMDE system, more than anything:
- so be prepared for annother re-install of your LMDE system.
NB: if your machine has enough RAM / memory - - at least 8Gb anyway:
- you could install an VirtualBox and then install LMDE3 into that & then try out your idea(s).
that way, if anything does break - you can recover, much more easily, from that.
- so be prepared for annother re-install of your LMDE system.
NB: if your machine has enough RAM / memory - - at least 8Gb anyway:
- you could install an VirtualBox and then install LMDE3 into that & then try out your idea(s).
that way, if anything does break - you can recover, much more easily, from that.
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axisofevil
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Re: LMDE 3 and Buster
You could just load Debian Buster to see what you think of vanilla Debian.
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Monsieurzik
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Re: LMDE 3 and Buster
Just install Vanilla Debian and it seems to be a good compromise.
I miss the update icon in the systray but it works so good.
Thanks for the tips
And my computer doesn't allow me to run a virtual machine.
I miss the update icon in the systray but it works so good.
Thanks for the tips
And my computer doesn't allow me to run a virtual machine.
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Re: LMDE 3 and Buster [SOLVED]
No issues with "upgrading" to Buster on LMDE 3.0 here.
I use BTRFS, so I have a snapshot of LMDE 3.0 pre-upgrade-to-buster, so whenever LMDE 4.0 comes out, I'll just upgrade from the snapshot rather then this Frankenstein upgrade.
I had no issues. Everything works nicely. A few Stretch-based issues that were resolved in Buster are working nicely. I'm using MATE with Compiz+Fusion. Buster has official Compiz support, so all I had to do was remove the Compiz-reloaded during the upgrade so I can replace it with the official and newer Compiz.
Obviously the LMDE 3 update tools and manager don't work (crash on running). But I won't need them until it is LMDE 4.0 time -- at such time I'll upgrade from my snapshot. Until then, I''ll use "sudo apt update;sudo apt dist-upgrade"
I use BTRFS, so I have a snapshot of LMDE 3.0 pre-upgrade-to-buster, so whenever LMDE 4.0 comes out, I'll just upgrade from the snapshot rather then this Frankenstein upgrade.
I had no issues. Everything works nicely. A few Stretch-based issues that were resolved in Buster are working nicely. I'm using MATE with Compiz+Fusion. Buster has official Compiz support, so all I had to do was remove the Compiz-reloaded during the upgrade so I can replace it with the official and newer Compiz.
Obviously the LMDE 3 update tools and manager don't work (crash on running). But I won't need them until it is LMDE 4.0 time -- at such time I'll upgrade from my snapshot. Until then, I''ll use "sudo apt update;sudo apt dist-upgrade"