Linux Mint 15 is out.

[Rich]

And you can get it here.

Click on the Mint home page for the 32 bit editions.

[Rich Jordan]

I may have to try it; I've been using 14 on the netbook, which has been quite a bit more stable (and usable on such a limited system) than Ubuntu.

[Greg]

I may have to try it; I've been using 14 on the netbook, which has been quite a bit more stable (and usable on such a limited system) than Ubuntu.

S'why I keep saying "Mint is like Ubuntu with the stupid taken out"

I've been very happy with Mint 14. I think I need to have a look.

[Denis]

Anybody happen to know if I can install Mint over a running Ubuntu without borking everything?

Failing that, how do I preserve/organise my user data in Ubuntu so as to get it into Mint if I switch?

[Rich]

Dunno if this will work or not Denis, but here goes, as the file structure should be the same.

1: clone your active copy of Ubuntu to a separate hard drive (usb drive should work).

2: install Mint 15 to either that hard drive in a separate partition or a separate additional hard drive.

3: Now , working with your Ubuntu copy, not the original which should remain untouched, go to the Mint copy and rename or remove the Home folder. Now go to the Ubuntu copy and copy it's Home folder to the Mint copy.

4: Does the Mint copy work OK? If so, you're done except for cloning the Mint copy back to your machine.
If not, no harm done. Keep your Ubuntu installation around until your comfortable with Mint's behavior.

Additionally, download a copy of Parted Magic and use it when manipulating hard drives. It runs entirely in system ram, so it doesn't contaminate your system, and has an amazing number of tools.

[merll2005]

Anybody happen to know if I can install Mint over a running Ubuntu without borking everything?

Failing that, how do I preserve/organise my user data in Ubuntu so as to get it into Mint if I switch?

Do you have a separate /home partition?

[Denis]

Dunno if this will work or not Denis, but here goes, as the file structure should be the same.

Thank you, Guru!

Anybody happen to know if I can install Mint over a running Ubuntu without borking everything?

Failing that, how do I preserve/organise my user data in Ubuntu so as to get it into Mint if I switch?

Do you have a separate /home partition?

No, I just let Ubuntu do its default install on a blank unpartitioned HDD. That seems to set up a swap partition and one big extended partition.

[Rich]

Merl, the only one I've run across that automatically sets up a separate home partition is PCLinuxOS. Even then, not all releases of PCLinux do that. There should be other distros, though I haven't run across them. You can do it with Ubuntu and Mint, but it is a bit of work.