Mint 13 LTS iso update and ubuntu 12.04.x
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Re: Mint 13 LTS iso update and ubuntu 12.04.x
Oh no, none of my computers is from the pre-PAE era. They are all perfectly able to handle PAE.
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Re: Mint 13 LTS iso update and ubuntu 12.04.x
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I agree but unfortunately the truth is...
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I agree but unfortunately the truth is...
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
Emma Goldman
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Re: Mint 13 LTS iso update and ubuntu 12.04.x
About updating to 17: it's not so easy. It's no only a matter of PAE and stuff.
When a system used for work works, you'd better keep going with it. I've simulated an upgrade on a test machine and it's not easy to have all back. E.g. 32 bit stuff works on Mint 13 64, but on Mint 17 doesn't (case of not recent versions of XAMPP that I use for testing).
There are also problems upgrading from mint 17 to 17.X+ both in the upgrade process itself and in what it brings. The first thing to do is to remove Composite because on older hardware it sucks a lot (in both the meanings of the word). Rosa ease this with the new choice about Marco, Marco+Composite, Metacity, Compitz, etc.
Upgrade from version to version with the GUI is still a pain: from 17.x to x+1 I've always found problems such as updated software but not libraries (and old kernel is by design).
Moreover I have Mint 17.2 on my Laptop and I use it only once per week or less and I don't know why but the update requires to be run more and more times to work properly.
The en_GB it's always a soruce of problems (not found). To solve the problem I use clean, autoclean, autoremove, and any other kind of cache running bleachbit before any update and possibly it works in 2 or 3 retries.
I've never had such problems with Mint 13 and that's why I'm waiting to upgrade my workstation.
Mint 17 It's getting better, but unfortunately its end support it's close to that of Mint 13
so I hope for the best with Mint 18.
When a system used for work works, you'd better keep going with it. I've simulated an upgrade on a test machine and it's not easy to have all back. E.g. 32 bit stuff works on Mint 13 64, but on Mint 17 doesn't (case of not recent versions of XAMPP that I use for testing).
There are also problems upgrading from mint 17 to 17.X+ both in the upgrade process itself and in what it brings. The first thing to do is to remove Composite because on older hardware it sucks a lot (in both the meanings of the word). Rosa ease this with the new choice about Marco, Marco+Composite, Metacity, Compitz, etc.
Upgrade from version to version with the GUI is still a pain: from 17.x to x+1 I've always found problems such as updated software but not libraries (and old kernel is by design).
Moreover I have Mint 17.2 on my Laptop and I use it only once per week or less and I don't know why but the update requires to be run more and more times to work properly.
The en_GB it's always a soruce of problems (not found). To solve the problem I use clean, autoclean, autoremove, and any other kind of cache running bleachbit before any update and possibly it works in 2 or 3 retries.
I've never had such problems with Mint 13 and that's why I'm waiting to upgrade my workstation.
Mint 17 It's getting better, but unfortunately its end support it's close to that of Mint 13
so I hope for the best with Mint 18.