fsgl wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2014:
For Linux Mint converts chomping on the bit, 17 Cinnamon and Mate were released on 5/16/2014.
Clement Lefebvre recommends a fresh install instead of upgrading. He explains why in this tutorial.
sunsetsystems wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2014:
Those are “release candidates”, but close enough. I installed the Mate edition on a test machine yesterday. Looks really nice, everything just worked. I used the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator to put it on a thumb drive for installation.
One surprise was that I chose to “replace” my previous Mint installation and that resulted in silently repartitioning the drive. Not cool.
fsgl wrote on Monday, May 19, 2014:
For folk getting ready to download, Linux Mint has built-in tools to help.
If the Internet connection is pokey, like my DSL; Transmission is a torrent client which will speed things up. Download the very small torrent file and open with Transmission.
MD5 sum check is done via the command line. Run the cd command first to point to the location of the downloaded file. The check is done to ensure that the file has not been corrupted in the process.
Instead of burning the .iso to a DVD, which takes longer and produces less consistent results; use the USB Image Writer. Menu->Applications-> Accessories. It is not necessary to format the flash drive beforehand, as the Writer will do it automatically.
jackfruit501 wrote on Tuesday, May 20, 2014:
If you are using the official repos torrent I think you do not need to check with MD5 sum. This is recommended however if you use download managers like DTA in firefox.
fsgl wrote on Tuesday, May 20, 2014:
It’s recommended in the official users guide written by Clement Lefebvre. I take his posts as Gospel truth, until evidence to the contrary.
The sum check takes mere seconds, minuscule compared to the download time.
How did your upgrade go with the reinstall of OpenEMR?
jackfruit501 wrote on Tuesday, May 20, 2014:
I upgraded Ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 using the update manager and openemr was intact after the upgrading.It was really very time consuming … 24hours if I can remember correctly. I will upgrade to LinuxMint 17 when the stable/official version is out to test if the same is possible with green Mint. I wonder if I can directly port the sql in Fedora 20 to LinuxMint 17.
fsgl wrote on Tuesday, May 20, 2014:
Because of all the difficulties Riaz Chaudry encountered, it would be interesting to know the progress of your upgrades to LM 17 and Fedora 20.
fsgl wrote on Tuesday, May 27, 2014:
Jack in Kuala Lumpur was right. Best to wait for the stable version of LM 17. The RC release was buggy.
Upgrade involves a lot of work. Can be frustrating.
Tux’s little tent, whimsical. Reflection of the tree in the stream,clever.
Both are downloadable login screens from LinuxMint-Art.org and GNOME-Look.org.