Originally Posted By: Rand
Originally Posted By: demarpaint
17.1 will be available through the updates soon for current users of 17.0. As of this moment it must be downloaded then you burn the iso file and install it. Unless I missed something.
Probably referring to this
mint 17.1 info
Quote:
One of the major advantages of this switch to LTS-basing is supposed to be that upgrades to point-releases can be done much more easily without requiring a complete reinstallation. This release will be the first test of that, and the release announcement says that upgrading "will be easy", and details will be announced in the near future, so just sit tight.
I might have misunderstood what I read, but I was under the impression that soon after the Stable release was out people who were running 17.0 could simply upgrade via the Update Manager if they chose to do so. This way you'd avoid doing a complete installation, and all the software, settings, etc. would remain as is.
Sorry if I'm not clear I'm still fairly new to this.
This is what lead me to believe it would be available as an update from the Update Manager:
QUOTE:If you are running Linux Mint 17, you do not need to reinstall. Please wait a little while. We’ll provide updates to Linux Mint 17 and information in an upcoming announcement. Upgrading will be easy, fully supported and it will be an opt-in (i.e. you will have the choice to upgrade to 17.1 but also to keep 17 as it is).