Will I be able to download/install 20.3 over the Internet?
Thank you!
jbiwer - Eden Prairie, MN USA
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The Update Manager usually provides an option to update to the latest version of Linux Mint.
The option is located under the āEditā tab.
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In Mint shortly after the new point release becomes final Clem will give instructions on how to upgrade from 20.2 to 20.3. Just keep and eye on the release announcement in the Mint forums. It works quite well and smooth. For new major releases say to 21 or 22 when they come next year I would recommend doing a fresh new install.
Good luck.
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Iāve always chosen to back up my data and make a fresh install instead of using any distroās upgrade process. Sort of like wearing a belt and suspenders, but itās safe.
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I wonder whether upgrading from Mint 20.2 to 20.3 is beneficial. I would wait for the 22 version highly likely forthcoming in May-June this year .
Frank in County Wicklow -Ireland
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Frank, I upgraded from 20.2 to 20.3 and find no difference except for the addition of the superb piece of software - Warpinter! It is the one I adore as I have a desktop and a laptop which I like to maintain as a āpairā, meaning I want to transfer various files from one to the other, often quite a large number. I have used Dukto, but occasionally it doesnāt work, so I end up using USBs, a tedious process. Now I have Warpinter all those problems disappear, I can transfer any and many files over my own wifi network in millisecs!
Warpinter is the reason I upgraded and have no problems by doing so.
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I transfer files from 1 PC to another through Anydesk.
Frank in County Wicklow -Ireland
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Have you tried using the old fashioned ftp or the modern sftp ?
You can also mount the PCās disk on the laptop with NFS, but only while they are linked.
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Most web browsers these days disable ftpā¦
Ran into this couple years back - Iād scan stuff on my MFC to an FTP āshareā on my NASā¦ I could use a browser to look at them (and even showed thumbnails!)ā¦ But Chrome / Chromium killed FTP (and Brave too I think)ā¦
But I discovered I can use FTP through Nautilus on my Pop!_OS systemsā¦
When I need to copy a bunch of files (big or small) I mostly just use rsync in a terminalā¦
I had to use rsync to do some work recently - copy a large DVD ISO (14 GB) image of a Linux distro (the big one now owned by IBM) - and SCP kept bombing outā¦ and so did rsync with common options :
rsync -av source.ISO user@host:~
I ended up doing this instead :
rsync -P -av -e ssh source.ISO user@host:/var/tmp/.
(to two different machines)
and it workedā¦ The rsync client was the one that MobaXterm gets from the Cygwin build they grab their ācodeā fromā¦ Iāve no idea why ā-e sshā would fix it - ā-Pā just shows a progress indicatorā¦
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I never use ftp in a browser. Either CLI or with Thunar into a VM.
Yes rsync is easier for a bunch of files
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Same hereā¦ I wonāt pretend I want more desktop Linux for users afraid of the CLIā¦ I donāt even care - if the CLI scares you - by all means, go away - and try that sh!t in CMD or PowerShellā¦
If you want to be a āpower userā of MS Windows - you will have to use CMD or PowerShellā¦
Same goes for MacOSā¦
Why should Linux be any differentā¦
If youāre a casual user - by all means - use Ubuntu or MacOSā¦ But if it gets too hard (and all the howtoās point you back at the CLI) - go back to MS Windowsā¦
I kinda prefer Desktop Linux to have the minimal user footprint it has - and Iām not about to start prosetylising itās virtues - even though I might seem a casual dilettante with Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distrosā¦ Iām not a zealot - whichever distro gives me a decent shell (e.g. bash or zsh) the easiest - is the one Iāll useā¦
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That goes along with your idea that distros are throwaway items not pampered pets.
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