Upgraded my System76 Pangolin from #ElementaryOS 7 to 8. This is a PITA because there's no "automatic" upgrade path, it's a "backup and re-install" situation.
That said, I rsync'd my home directory over to another machine (hidden files and all), then rsync'd the whole thing back after erasing and re-installing the new OS version (importantly I did the restore before opening any applications, etc.) and things kinda "just worked". The mail app opened with all my accounts setup & working and even some of the applications I'd installed were functional.
I did have to re-install a couple applications, and there was one flatpak application (orca slicer) that gave me a little trouble but most everything remembered it's settings and such and overall I was really impressed.
I think it would be possible to include a small application in Elementary to automate this the next time it's time for a major version upgrade. Maybe I'll work on that as my first contribution to the project... 🤔
@requiem how is the os for non or beginner computer users? I’m in the market for a cheap Chromebook style computer for the kid and I don’t want chrome anything, Macs are expensive, windows is filled with advertising (but does have good parental controls), so I’m looking at Linux.
@reconbot the ElementaryOS will be fairly familiar to anyone who has used a modern Mac. You can give it a try by downloading the image and burning it to a flash drive (you can run it directly off the flash drive if you just want to try it out):
I've run it on both my System76 machines, a T500 ThinkPad and some old x64 boxes without any trouble. You might even be able to boot an Intel Mac with it but I've never tried it.
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