Linux Mint 21 "Vanessa" Released

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    https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4358
     
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    How to upgrade to Linux Mint 21
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    Upgrade path to Linux Mint 21 opens up with graphical upgrade tool
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  5. xxJackxx

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    Getting ready to upgrade a VM to see how it goes.
     
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    Keep us posted. :)
     
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    First it prompts me to create a timeshift snapshot. I'm wondering why they didn't just do it.
     
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    It took just a little over an hour. Doesn't look much different. Seems to be working normally.
     
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    The upgrade seemed to go fine here on this low end laptop. It looks to be running fine.
     
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    I've never used Timeshift. I doubt it has anything to offer if the HD fails.
     
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    Can't you also back up to external drives?
     
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    I gather you can but I've read these snapshots can't be used for Linux on a HD different from the original. I've no personal experience and I'd be interested to hear if I'm wrong.
     
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    I've turned Timeshift on since I first installed Mint but never used it. I used to backup with MR rescue media but I haven't done that for a while now either.
     
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    I have no use for Timeshift. It works similar to Windows system restore which I never used.
    When on Windows I used SyncBackFree for files and Macrium for disk images.
    Now on Linux I use LuckyBackup for files and Clonezilla or MX-Linux Snapshot Tool for disk images.
     
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    Likely not. This is probably just for rollback if the upgrade fails. I would not want to count on it for a backup solution. The best option I have found for a physical machine is to take it offline and do an Acronis bootdisk image. As long as we're talking about Linux. Which we are.
     
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    Yes (or a different hard disk/partition in your PC).
    As long as it's ext4 formatted.

    It saved me a few times and is much more powerful than Windows system restore. :)
     
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    I use Grsync (GUI for rsync) for backup purposes (data partitions). :)

    Because snapshots take a lot of space and you have to tell it first on which ext4 formatted drive/partition to put them.

    Also note that Timeshift doesn't backup your /home folder or partition by default.
    I have /home on a separate partition of which I sometimes make a backup with Clonezilla.
    Have to do that soon.
     
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    This was a VM. There weren't any alternate partitions and it did not provide any options or ask any questions. It seemed to just want my acknowledgement.
     
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    That's weird...
    Maybe you can ask here.
     
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    after watching 2 YT vids i tried the 20.3 to 21 mint upgrade. after 6 hrs it failed.ran the timeshift restore(another 3+ hrs) and now i don't have my ethernet connection. ethernet is not showing in settings.checked YT but nothing seemed very recent. thanks for your help
     
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    Not sure if this will help but it's better than a stick in the eye:
    https://linuxhint.com/network-configuration-linux-mint/

    And this is why I will be imaging my server before upgrading, even though my test VM worked without issue.
     
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    my network connections settings only shows wifi no wired icon anywhere to be seen i've tried a couple of the YT fixes but they didn't work my dell latitude e6410, intel i5, linux kernel 5.4.0-122 i could use my wifi to update the kernel to 5.13-do you think that would work? thanks for your help
     
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    In Debian I think it would be good idea to try reinstall bootloader and kernel. In Debian it would be something like:
    sudo apt-get install --reinstall <kernel_package_name_with_version> <kernel_package_name_headers_with_version>
    update-grub2 (command from Debian, I don't know if it is available in Mint)
    restart
     
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