Mint 18.2 “Sonya” was released yesterday . Today, all users of Mint Linux 18.1 “Sarah” can upgrade their systems, as Clement Lefebvre stated in an official statement
The upgrade path is open to all Linux Mint 18.1 users, regardless of the flavor they use (e.g. Cinnamon, MATE, KDE or Xfce).
“It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 18 and 18.1 to version 18.2. If you have been waiting for this, I would like to thank you for your patience: upgrading to 18.2 is relatively easy,” says Clement Lefebvre.
To upgrade from Linux Mint 18.1 to Linux Mint 18.2, you need to open the Update Manager application, and click the “Refresh” button to check for new versions of the mint-upgrade-info and mintupdate packages. After installing the two packages, open the System Upgrade utility, go to the Edit menu, and click “Upgrade to Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya.”
Follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
Make sure you choose to replace all configuration files when prompted to keep or replace them. When the upgrade process is complete, you should reboot your computer and you will be ready to use your new Linux Mint 18.2 operating system.
Please note that the upgrade process will not update the kernel packages to the new version used by Linux Mint 18.2 nor will it replace MDM (Mint Display Manager) with the LightDM login screen used in the new version of Cinnamon.
Of course, you can choose to install them via the Update Manager application. Run the following commands in your terminal to install LightDM.
apt install slick-greeter lightdm-settings apt remove mdm sudo reboot
