[Abarbarian]

Originally Posted by Urmas

Are you talking to us, young man?

Yes



And may the force be with you

[Quadophile]

Was posting all the above necessary?

[Abarbarian]

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6973/1/

Minty goodness

[floppybootstomp]

Well there's a coincidence, I fired up Mint 8 today and applied 112 updates. I wonder if any of the tweaks and updates added to the distro were installed?

[Abarbarian]

Originally Posted by floppybootstomp

Well there's a coincidence, I fired up Mint 8 today and applied 112 updates. I wonder if any of the tweaks and updates added to the distro were installed?

No idea just posted the link as I knew a few of you played with Mint.

[Quadophile]

Did not notice any change either!

[floppybootstomp]

It appears likely then that to take advantage of the improved Mint 8, we have to download iso (bandwidth) burn disc (blank disk) and then format/install (file backup).

Hmm, is it worth it? Probably not.

Which raises a question.

What happens each time a distro is upgraded, do we have to reload the whole thing? Back up all data, saved games, whatever? Because Linux sure as hell upgrades a whole lot more than Windows and unless you really have some rather superior grey matter pulsing away anyeurism-free between your ears, this could prove problematic.

Ok, Windows is constantly upgrading, but you don't have to do a complete reinstall, which seems to be the case with Linux.

Or have I got this wrong?

[Quadophile]

Reinstalling is not required in Linux, the upgrade to a new version is automatic and pops up after the stable release, I have seen it in Mint so yes only that portion you got wrong. But that is part of learning and we all do that day after day

[floppybootstomp]

Originally Posted by Quadophile

Reinstalling is not required in Linux, the upgrade to a new version is automatic and pops up after the stable release, I have seen it in Mint so yes only that portion you got wrong. But that is part of learning and we all do that day after day

Thanks for that Mr Quad, I had often wondered.

So, if I install one version of Mint, say, and keep installing upgrades, kernel and apps will auto-upgrade?

[Quadophile]

It should as I had kernal upgrade a few times when using Ubuntu in the past and it required a reboot. So far in Mint that has not happened. so will wait and see. Normal updates don't even require one to reboot.