(07-15-2016, 04:14 PM)bigmanstrat link Wrote: I upgraded from 2.8 to 3.0 last night. I have a separate /home partition and had no problem carrying out the upgrade and preserving all my files. I did encounter a problem with Grub but once that was sorted I had no other problems. I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to upgrade with the separate /home partition, I had visions of it not being as straightforward as it appeared to be and expected that I was going to have to restore files from my backup.Thanks bigmanstrat - that's really useful to know. I'm not quite ready to do the upgrade from LL2.8 to 3.0 on my first laptop listed below. In fact, I might wait until LL2.8 'expires' (2019), before upgrading as it fits all my needs and it is now running extremely smoothly. Sometimes, you reach a point where you think what's to be gained by upgrading. However, that said, I have put LL3.0 on my Samsung N145 netbook & it runs a treat!
Mike
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work