Linux Mint 17.3 Beta available for download now. Terminal commands to upgrade Linux Mint 17.2 “Rafaela” to Linux Mint 17.3 “Rosa.” Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa Beta Cinnamon and MATE ISO images download. Linux Mint 17.3 is based on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr and uses Kernel 3.19 and the latest versions of Cinnamon – Cinnamon 2.8.x and MATE 1.12.x.
The meaning of the name Rosa is: Rose. The word Rosa is a classic vintage Italian, Spanish and Portuguese name. In 1545, Ronsard writes one of the most famous poems in France. In “Mignonne, allons voir si la rose”, youth is ephemeral, beautiful but short-lived, just like a rose. Linux Mint 17, 17.1 and 17.2 users will have the choice to upgrade, and that upgrade will be both easy and safe.
Upgrading from Linux Mint 17.2 “Rafaela” to Linux Mint 17.3 “Rosa”
First of all, run the following commands to update the system to the current stable state:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
$ sudo reboot
After updating the system, we need to update the distribution code (change the name of the official repositories for Rosa packages). Run the following commands to do so:
$ sudo sed -i 's/rafaela/rosa/' /etc/apt/sources.list
$ sudo sed -i 's/rafaela/rosa/' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
Finally, run the commands to update the system files and the distribution package:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
$ sudo apt dist-upgrade
Once the system-update process is complete, restart the system – manually or use the command “sudo reboot” (without quotes).
Revert Back to Linux Mint 17.2 “Rafaela”
If something goes wrong and you aren’t happy with the upgrade process, you can easily roll back to the previous version – Linux Mint 17.2 “Rafaela”. Run the following commands to undo the upgrade and revert to old package:
$ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
$ sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list.bak /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Once the above commands are executed, restart the computer to apply the changes.
Download Linux Mint 17.3 “Rosa”
ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/testing/
- Linuxmint-17.3-cinnamon-32bit-beta.iso
- Linuxmint-17.3-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso
- Linuxmint-17.3-mate-32bit-beta.iso
- Linuxmint-17.3-mate-64bit-beta.iso