I’ve found a possible solution on superuser.com. It’s basically copying the credentials from Linux to Windows.
I’ve found a possible solution on superuser.com. It’s basically copying the credentials from Linux to Windows.
Starting in July, Debian will not provide further security updates for Debian 10. A subset of buster packages will be supported by external parties. Detailed information can be found at Extended LTS.
The project is managed by Freexian. Their customers decide the scope of supported packages but updates and security fixes will be available for all Debian users without cost.
So basically, as veryoldoldstable
it will be kept alive for another five years.
That’s always a good idea
Yes, that works. Just install some KDE plasma desktop metapackage of your choice and, if you like, you can remove cinnamon and related GTK packages afterwards by removing libgtk
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Or if OP wants to stay in the Debian/Ubuntu based branch: KDE Neon, Debian with KDE (+ LMDE repo), or Kubuntu 22.04 + Mint repos.
Yes, usual releases are supported ~ 3 months, LTS versions get support for a much longer period e.g. 6.6 for 3 y, 6.1 for 4 y, 5.15 for 5 y or 5.10 for 6 y.
Two different things. LTS kernels get security patches until their support is dropped.
Yes, but if e.g. openSuSE installs its Grub 2 on top of Ubuntu’s Grub 2, you end up with a different theming. If Windows overwrites the bootloader, the Linux boot options are gone.
No, but somebody else has done it and it is basically like the standard procedure for switching between releases.
It ain’t much, but it’s honest work.
- There’s a Dropbox .deb and .rpm for linux as far as I can tell, but I cannot attest to its quality or how well it integrates with a given file manager. Cloud accounts are generally well supported amongst the key desktop environments, for which I’d consider Cinnamon to be a part of.
In 2018 Dropbox dropped support for running/syncing on encrypted partitions, in my case ext4 on encfs. Don’t ask me why.
I don’t know if that’s still the case.
If you are using Xubuntu 22.04, it should be possible to switch without reinstallation, as Linux Mint and Ubuntu are binary compatible as Mint uses Ubuntu’s repos and only adds Mint-specific packages in its own repo.
As there are LTS branches, currently 5.4, 5.10, 5.15, 6.1 and 6.6 which will get updates until Decembre 2025/2026, I don’t see the problem.
Maybe you were hoping that there is an easy and elegant solution like Appimage, Flatpak or Snap.
Surely not the most elegant solution, but you con download old Gnome live ISOs of e.g. Debian and run in a VM.
That makes sense, as most users automatically use the most recent version and don’t need to downgrade to prior ones.
I guess, the governor is set to performance for a realtime kernel to work properly, thus the CPU consumes more power.
That’s odd.
It should, however, be possible to install old versions using flatpak.
Nice