Update to LL 5 - Whisker Menu

[Moltke]

I've tweaked many menu entries with the menu editor.

• For example I've added a category "Schrfiten" (which means "fonts").
  
• Also I've added the program name to several program entries, because f. e. I have installed multiple text and graphic editors.
  

See screen shots with example details

Will the update to LL 5 overwrite my menu entries?
                   
                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                   
                       
                       
                                 

As stated in the released announcement

There is no upgrade path to or from RC releases.
There is no upgrade path from Series 2, 3 or 4 ( 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8 | 3.0, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8 | 4.0, 4.2, 4.4, 4.6, 4. 8 ) to Series 5.

This means that in order to use Linux Lite 5.0 you'll have to perform a fresh, clean install; download LL 5.0.iso, made a backup of your important data and install the new version which of course will completely overwrite your LL 4.8 install. So ... yes, whatever customizations you've made will have to make them again after installing 5.0. I don't know, since 5.0 has seen some upgrades in some base packages - python 2 is no more  - if you could save those either by using timeshift or just saving them to a .gzip compressed file and once you have 5.0 installed apply/copy/paste them into the new install, I think [member=2]Jerry[/member] or [member=5916]trinidad[/member] surely have a better knowledge than I do on this.

Hope this helps!