07-07-2016, 11:54 PM
Hello!
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It's not a matter of Jerry not WANTING to do it. It's more like it CAN'T be done, even if he DID want to. Even being able to upgrade WITHIN a point series was a major accomplishment in itself for LL. Very few other distros, if any, can upgrade as seamlessly as LL can within a series.
Let's try upgrading from Ubuntu 15.04 to 15.10, as an example. Chances are, it'll work, but it's also roughly 50-50 odds that trying to upgrade will also totally trash your setup. Even Windows recommends a new install, as opposed to trying to upgrade what you have - let's say, 7 to 8.
The reason it is NOT possible to upgrade across point versions is because so many changes would be required, it's just plain easier to upgrade to the 3.X series as a new install. It's like trying to make minor changes in a car's trim to make one year's model into the next year's model, when that model was completely redesigned from the ground up...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Welcome to the Linux Lite user forums.
It's not a matter of Jerry not WANTING to do it. It's more like it CAN'T be done, even if he DID want to. Even being able to upgrade WITHIN a point series was a major accomplishment in itself for LL. Very few other distros, if any, can upgrade as seamlessly as LL can within a series.
Let's try upgrading from Ubuntu 15.04 to 15.10, as an example. Chances are, it'll work, but it's also roughly 50-50 odds that trying to upgrade will also totally trash your setup. Even Windows recommends a new install, as opposed to trying to upgrade what you have - let's say, 7 to 8.
The reason it is NOT possible to upgrade across point versions is because so many changes would be required, it's just plain easier to upgrade to the 3.X series as a new install. It's like trying to make minor changes in a car's trim to make one year's model into the next year's model, when that model was completely redesigned from the ground up...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
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