Relase notes:
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
and
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_mate_whatsnew.php
and
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_xfce_whatsnew.php

"It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 20 and 20.1 to version
20.2."
Details:
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4111

It all went smoothly, as expected.

Yrrah

On 08/07/2021 18:22, Yrrah wrote:
> Relase notes:
> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
> and
> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_mate_whatsnew.php
> and
> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_xfce_whatsnew.php
>
> "It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 20 and 20.1 to version
> 20.2."
> Details:
> https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4111
>
> It all went smoothly, as expected.

+1 :-)

--

Jeff

On 7/8/21 4:17 PM, this is what Jeff Layman wrote:
> On 08/07/2021 18:22, Yrrah wrote:
>> Relase notes:
>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
>> and
>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_mate_whatsnew.php
>> and
>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_xfce_whatsnew.php
>>
>> "It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 20 and 20.1 to version
>> 20.2."
>> Details:
>> https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4111
>>
>> It all went smoothly, as expected.
>
> +1 :-)
>
Question: The blog says to install usrmerge, but does not say anything about running it. Is that implemented at the reboot? or is that a
type elimination?

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Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.1 64bit, Dell Inspiron 5570 laptop
Quad Core i7-8550U, 16G Memory, 512G SSD, 750G & 1TB HDDs

On 09/07/2021 16:57, Bears wrote:
> On 7/8/21 4:17 PM, this is what Jeff Layman wrote:
>> On 08/07/2021 18:22, Yrrah wrote:
>>> Relase notes:
>>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
>>> and
>>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_mate_whatsnew.php
>>> and
>>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_xfce_whatsnew.php
>>>
>>> "It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 20 and 20.1 to version
>>> 20.2."
>>> Details:
>>> https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4111
>>>
>>> It all went smoothly, as expected.
>>
>> +1 :-)
>>
> Question: The blog says to install usrmerge, but does not say anything about running it. Is that implemented at the reboot? or is that a
> type elimination?

Installing usrmerge is all that is needed according to
<https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1997222#p1997222>. I
haven't done that yet.

--

Jeff

Jeff Layman wrote:
> On 09/07/2021 16:57, Bears wrote:
>> On 7/8/21 4:17 PM, this is what Jeff Layman wrote:
>>> On 08/07/2021 18:22, Yrrah wrote:
>>>> Relase notes:
>>>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
>>>> and
>>>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_mate_whatsnew.php
>>>> and
>>>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_xfce_whatsnew.php
>>>>
>>>> "It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 20 and 20.1 to version
>>>> 20.2."
>>>> Details:
>>>> https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4111
>>>>
>>>> It all went smoothly, as expected.
>>>
>>> +1 :-)
>>>
>> Question:  The blog says to install usrmerge, but does not say
>> anything about running it.   Is that implemented at the reboot? or is
>> that a
>> type elimination?
>
> Installing usrmerge is all that is needed according to
> <https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1997222#p1997222>. I
> haven't done that yet.
>
sudo apt install usrmerge
The program will start immediately. Reboot is not needed.

"The Case for the /usr Merge"
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/

UsrMerge - Debian Wiki
https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge

Mithun solved an error.
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4020#comment-176779

On 7/9/21 2:09 PM, this is what Andrei Z. wrote:
> Jeff Layman wrote:
>> On 09/07/2021 16:57, Bears wrote:
>>> On 7/8/21 4:17 PM, this is what Jeff Layman wrote:
>>>> On 08/07/2021 18:22, Yrrah wrote:
>>>>> Relase notes:
>>>>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
>>>>> and
>>>>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_mate_whatsnew.php
>>>>> and
>>>>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_xfce_whatsnew.php
>>>>>
>>>>> "It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 20 and 20.1 to version
>>>>> 20.2."
>>>>> Details:
>>>>> https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4111
>>>>>
>>>>> It all went smoothly, as expected.
>>>>
>>>> +1 :-)
>>>>
>>> Question:  The blog says to install usrmerge, but does not say anything about running it.   Is that implemented at the reboot? or is that a
>>> type elimination?
>>
>> Installing usrmerge is all that is needed according to <https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1997222#p1997222>. I haven't done
>> that yet.
>>
> sudo apt install usrmerge
> The program will start immediately. Reboot is not needed.
>
> "The Case for the /usr Merge"
> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/
>
> UsrMerge - Debian Wiki
> https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge
>
> Mithun solved an error.
> https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4020#comment-176779

I just ran it under 20.1 ('sudo apt install usrmerge' that is). Documentation says that a fresh install of 20.1 will have this already
implemented by default so I figured it couldn't hurt. And it didn't but you can list / and see all the linked folders now.

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Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.1 64bit, Dell Inspiron 5570 laptop
Quad Core i7-8550U, 16G Memory, 512G SSD, 750G & 1TB HDDs

On 08/07/2021 21:17, Jeff Layman wrote:
> On 08/07/2021 18:22, Yrrah wrote:
>> Relase notes:
>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
>> and
>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_mate_whatsnew.php
>> and
>> https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_xfce_whatsnew.php
>>
>> "It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 20 and 20.1 to version
>> 20.2."
>> Details:
>> https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4111
>>
>> It all went smoothly, as expected.
>
> +1 :-)

Looks like I was a bit premature...
<https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2037435#p2037435>

--

Jeff

Jeff Layman <jmlayman@invalid.invalid>:
> >> It all went smoothly, as expected.
> >
> > +1 :-)

> Looks like I was a bit premature...
> <https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2037435#p2037435>

That "issue" with Pale Moon is not a Linux Mint or a Cinnamon bug. It
has to do with Pale Moon's settings. Uncheck "Open new windows in a
new tab instead" (Tools/Preferences/Tabs) and it goes away.
The poster's own observation "The issue does not occur with Firefox"
already pointed in that direction. But he didn't see it.

Yrrah

On 11/07/2021 17:36, Yrrah wrote:
> Jeff Layman <jmlayman@invalid.invalid>:
>
>>>> It all went smoothly, as expected.
>>>
>>> +1 :-)
>
>> Looks like I was a bit premature...
>> <https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2037435#p2037435>
>
> That "issue" with Pale Moon is not a Linux Mint or a Cinnamon bug. It
> has to do with Pale Moon's settings. Uncheck "Open new windows in a
> new tab instead" (Tools/Preferences/Tabs) and it goes away.
> The poster's own observation "The issue does not occur with Firefox"
> already pointed in that direction. But he didn't see it.

Thanks for the post, but I don't think that's the cause (I was the
poster in the LM forum). I've had that "Open new windows in a new tab
instead" setting for at least a couple of years, and I've got the same
setting in FF's prefs, and that works correctly. I did uncheck it in PM,
and the tab does now open correctly, so that does help. Have you seen
the "faulty" tab effect with 20.2 or even 20.1?

But if you see the follow-up post I made in the LM forum, you'll see
there's a strange TB alarm issue as well which leads to one of those
faulty tabs. I've since discovered that clicking on a link in a TB post
leads to the opening of one of those faulty tabs/windows, if that "Open
new windows in a new tab instead" pref is unchecked. However, If it is
checked the link opens normally in the last active PM tab/window.
Interestingly, if I change my default browser to FF and click on an
email hyperlink the link opens correctly if the FF "Open new windows in
a new tab instead" option is checked, but I get a faulty tab if I
uncheck the option and try the same thing.

Also, how do you account for the lack of a right-click menu on a faulty tab?

--

Jeff

On 11/07/2021 18:45, Jeff Layman wrote:
> On 11/07/2021 17:36, Yrrah wrote:
>> Jeff Layman <jmlayman@invalid.invalid>:
>>
>>>>> It all went smoothly, as expected.
>>>>
>>>> +1 :-)
>>
>>> Looks like I was a bit premature...
>>> <https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2037435#p2037435>
>>
>> That "issue" with Pale Moon is not a Linux Mint or a Cinnamon bug. It
>> has to do with Pale Moon's settings. Uncheck "Open new windows in a
>> new tab instead" (Tools/Preferences/Tabs) and it goes away.
>> The poster's own observation "The issue does not occur with Firefox"
>> already pointed in that direction. But he didn't see it.
>
> Thanks for the post, but I don't think that's the cause (I was the
> poster in the LM forum). I've had that "Open new windows in a new tab
> instead" setting for at least a couple of years, and I've got the same
> setting in FF's prefs, and that works correctly. I did uncheck it in PM,
> and the tab does now open correctly, so that does help. Have you seen
> the "faulty" tab effect with 20.2 or even 20.1?
>
> But if you see the follow-up post I made in the LM forum, you'll see
> there's a strange TB alarm issue as well which leads to one of those
> faulty tabs. I've since discovered that clicking on a link in a TB post
> leads to the opening of one of those faulty tabs/windows, if that "Open
> new windows in a new tab instead" pref is unchecked. However, If it is
> checked the link opens normally in the last active PM tab/window.
> Interestingly, if I change my default browser to FF and click on an
> email hyperlink the link opens correctly if the FF "Open new windows in
> a new tab instead" option is checked, but I get a faulty tab if I
> uncheck the option and try the same thing.
>
> Also, how do you account for the lack of a right-click menu on a faulty tab?

Issue resolved by timeshifting back to 20.1. I'll probably try
reinstalling 20.2 another time and seeing if the problem reappears.

--

Jeff

Jeff Layman <jmlayman@invalid.invalid>:
> Issue resolved by timeshifting back to 20.1. I'll probably try
> reinstalling 20.2 another time and seeing if the problem reappears.

There has been a Cinnamon update (to v. 5.0.5):
https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/blob/master/debian/changelog

"org.cinnamon.gschema.xml: Add firefox to focus passthru list."

I don't know what that means, but you may want to have another look at
LM 20.2.

Yrrah

On 16/07/2021 18:06, Yrrah wrote:
> Jeff Layman <jmlayman@invalid.invalid>:
>
>> Issue resolved by timeshifting back to 20.1. I'll probably try
>> reinstalling 20.2 another time and seeing if the problem reappears.
>
> There has been a Cinnamon update (to v. 5.0.5):
> https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/blob/master/debian/changelog
>
> "org.cinnamon.gschema.xml: Add firefox to focus passthru list."
>
> I don't know what that means, but you may want to have another look at
> LM 20.2.

Thanks for that, although on that github page I wondered if the line
below it is more relevant to the issue I have:
* window list applet: Track urgent/demanding attention separately from
other-workspace transience during initial window item creation.

See <https://www.technipages.com/linux-mint-configure-window-list-applet>

I'll give it a couple of weeks and let a few more updates to Cinnamon
occur, then try the upgrade to 20.2 again.

Timeshift is sooooo useful. :-)

--

Jeff

On 7/16/21 5:29 PM, this is what Jeff Layman wrote:
> On 16/07/2021 18:06, Yrrah wrote:
>> Jeff Layman <jmlayman@invalid.invalid>:
>>
>>> Issue resolved by timeshifting back to 20.1. I'll probably try
>>> reinstalling 20.2 another time and seeing if the problem reappears.
>>
>> There has been a Cinnamon update (to v. 5.0.5):
>> https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/blob/master/debian/changelog
>>
>> "org.cinnamon.gschema.xml: Add firefox to focus passthru list."
>>
>> I don't know what that means, but you may want to have another look at
>> LM 20.2.
>
> Thanks for that, although on that github page I wondered if the line below it is more relevant to the issue I have:
> * window list applet: Track urgent/demanding attention separately from other-workspace transience during initial window item creation.
>
> See <https://www.technipages.com/linux-mint-configure-window-list-applet>
>
> I'll give it a couple of weeks and let a few more updates to Cinnamon occur, then try the upgrade to 20.2 again.
>
> Timeshift is sooooo useful. :-)
>
I had an issues with Thunderbird launching in startup applications and as soon as I clicked the panel icon to minimize it, the button
disappeared. Reading github there seems to be a lot of complaints about panel buttons not working correctly initially. Someone posted a
revised applet.js file and I installed it and the problem is gone. So the issues are slowly being found and fixed, it's just waiting for
them to trickle down through the updates now.

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Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.1 64bit, Dell Inspiron 5570 laptop
Quad Core i7-8550U, 16G Memory, 512G SSD, 750G & 1TB HDDs

Jeff Layman <jmlayman@invalid.invalid>:
> I'll give it a couple of weeks and let a few more updates to Cinnamon
> occur, then try the upgrade to 20.2 again.

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4102

- You don't have to register.
- Clem will read it and probably respond.

Yrrah