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A live installer for the Debian edition
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Problem with (current version of?) the *non-Debian* installer: 'reinstall' option is unclear #112

Closed LinuxOnTheDesktop closed 2 years ago

LinuxOnTheDesktop commented 4 years ago

I cannot find the issue tracker for the program that installs the non-Debian - i..e, the main - version of Mint, so I am filing this report here.

I am working from a perhaps old copy of the Mint 19.3 installer, so possibly - hopefully - what I say is no longer relevant.

I've just run the aforementioned installer on a computer that has Mint 19, i.e. 19.0, installed. The installer detects the old installation and offers me various options. The first option is:

Erase Linux Mint 19 Tara (19) and reinstall

Now, for one thing, the repetition of '19' is unhelpful. More importantly: this option does not make clear what it will do. Will it reinstall the old version of Mint? I presume not; I presume in will install the new version, i.e. 19.3. Yet, surely, that needs to be made clear.

LinuxOnTheDesktop commented 4 years ago

The problem affects Mint 20. The problem will affect those having trouble installing. The confusion at issue will most confuse those new to Linux. Surely Linux Mint wishes to help those who are having trouble installing and those who are new to Linux. Surely also the fix is trivial because the fix involves merely making clear to the user what the situation is.