Can I upgrade Coconut to Mint?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

My reason was that I thought Mint was getting updated more than Coconut, 
But I cant really find a lot of info on Coconut.

I will just stick with Coconut for now.

And if I move to Mint, I'll do a clean install.

Thanks,

Rob


On 11/23/21 1:57 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Coconut is an Ubuntu spin built on Ubuntu LTS. Mint is also an Ubuntu 
> spin. Thus the question should be, what does mint do that my current 
> install doesn't?
>
>
> Once you answered that question, you should ask, what will do what I 
> need?
>
>
> Then you run $sudo apt-get install
>
>
> with the list of packages you needed.
>
>
> If a package is not in the repos, you hope there's a .deb compile out 
> there. If not, you build it from source code, not my thing, I'll 
> freely admit.
>
>
> Warm regards,
>
>
> Brandt Steenkamp
>
>
> On 2021/11/23 20:50, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a way to upgrade coconut to mint without loosing my 
>> installed programs?
>>
>> I dont want to have to install them again, if possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
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