[GNC] Zorin os

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 4/10/2024 10:04 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> The distro does not matter. (with perhaps some caveats concerning 
> dependencies)
> While you technically can jump from 2.6.21 to 5.6 (current version), 
> that isn't officially supported, nor recommended.
> See the Wiki FAQ about upgrading procedures from one major version to 
> another. (In this case, you are upgrading from one major version to 
> one THREE versions later.)
>
> The recommended and safest path would be:
> 2.6.21 -> 3.11 -> 4.14 -> 5.6
> keeping a backup/copy of your data file at each stage and running 
> 'Actions > Check & Repair > Check & Repair All' upon first opening 
> your file after each upgrade. 

Based on my decades in the cypher mines:

a) Be Prepared to follow the recommended and safest path

b) But given the number of steps, I would think it worth while to 
conduct an experiment to see if you couldn't just jump all the way. It's 
just a matter of first making a backup of the data  AND also a backup of 
the program directory (make a renamed copy of the directory -- quick to 
back-off by renaming back. IF the jump all the way from 2.3.21 works 
(you've tested opening the books and entered some test transactions, run 
all the reports you usually do, etc.). If it worked, you can delete the 
program backup and rename back the data back-up (unless you used real 
data not yet entered for testing)

      If it didn't work, a bridge too far, you haven;t lost a great 
deal. Revert to the step by step method.

Michael D Novack

PS -- this is really a test of the developer's prowess since ideally 
they would have managed to maintain backwards data compatibility. The 
issue is being able to open an OLD back-up if/when necessary << say to 
see something that has been removed from current books >>