(SOLVED) LTS release?

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(SOLVED) LTS release?

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I've read somewhere that Mint has a long term release up to 5 years and I was wondering how do you know when it's time to upgrade it?
Do updates suddenly become unavailable or is there any notification we get?
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Re: LTS release?

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You can always check your release end of support date here: https://linuxmint.com/download_all.php

End of support and options for upgrading will be announced here on the forums, on our blog https://blog.linuxmint.com/ and other websites.
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Re: LTS release?

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Thanks!

And when it's time, do you have to do a fresh install and have to reset everything again?
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Re: LTS release?

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It's recommended to do a fresh install but there is a way to upgrade in place without reinstalling. As an example, see instructions for upgrading from 18.3 to 19: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3615
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Re: LTS release?

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Oh thanks!
I'm gonna take a look. I was wondering if it was indeed possible
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Mike-Linux-Mint wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:00 pm Oh thanks!
I'm gonna take a look. I was wondering if it was indeed possible
Yes, but I strongly recommend to do a clean fresh installation when upgrading from one Mint series (e.g. 18.x) to a newer Mint series (e.g. 19.x).

Upgrading within a series (e.g. from 19 to 19.1) can safely be done in-place, i.e. without a clean installation. That's because within a series, the underlying codebase remains identical.
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Pjotr wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:11 pm
Mike-Linux-Mint wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:00 pm Oh thanks!
I'm gonna take a look. I was wondering if it was indeed possible
Yes, but I strongly recommend to do a clean fresh installation when upgrading from one Mint series (e.g. 18.x) to a newer Mint series (e.g. 19.x).

Upgrading within a series (e.g. from 19 to 19.1) can safely be done in-place, i.e. without a clean installation. That's because within a series, the underlying codebase remains identical.
True except that a web upgrade from 17 to 17.1 broke the Intel video on my laptop, so the 2nd part is false really.
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Re: LTS release?

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The morale of the story I guess is to always do a fresh install.
After all, it only takes maybe an hour to redo all the settings every 4 or 5 years
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