Install or upgrade?
by DiaNobb from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6PBNT)
Started learning Linux just a few months ago and have decided now to stick with Mint Cinnamon. A typical newbie.
Have LM Cinnamon 21.3 installed on my laptop and been using it since April 2024. Runs well on my Lenovo ThinkPad T540p. I like it.
LM 22 is coming soon. I want to replace LM 21.3 with 22. I'm facing a question whether to do a clean install of LM 22 or to upgrade LM 21.3. Do not know the pros and cons of each. But I do have some worries over "something else" of the install type. A newbie. How would I know what to select/designate and/or the commands or marks to give in the something else process? Both Linux Mint and Windows are on the same disk. The computer will be messed up if I do anything wrong in the "something else" installation.
Here is the screenshot of the disk situation. Your suggestions, please.
Thanks.
DiaNobb
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Have LM Cinnamon 21.3 installed on my laptop and been using it since April 2024. Runs well on my Lenovo ThinkPad T540p. I like it.
LM 22 is coming soon. I want to replace LM 21.3 with 22. I'm facing a question whether to do a clean install of LM 22 or to upgrade LM 21.3. Do not know the pros and cons of each. But I do have some worries over "something else" of the install type. A newbie. How would I know what to select/designate and/or the commands or marks to give in the something else process? Both Linux Mint and Windows are on the same disk. The computer will be messed up if I do anything wrong in the "something else" installation.
Here is the screenshot of the disk situation. Your suggestions, please.
Thanks.
DiaNobb
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