Then I must have set it up in the beginning and forgot all about it. I
will transfer that to a jump drive and then do a fresh install I think.
I am a bit nervous about some of the issues others have had with going
the upgrade route; or, maybe I should do the upgrade for the experience?
Never seen that, does re-installing it still do the same?
sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-mate-welcome ttf-ubuntu-font-family
Otherwise, it must be a graphics/rendering bug, as this is just text with the Ubuntu font and not a graphic.
Iād suggest creating a complete snapshot of your system, so if worst happens, you can easily restore your system exactly the way it was before. Clonezilla Live is a tool that can do this sort of thing (youāll need an external USB hard drive).
Must be, as reinstalling didnāt change it. Aw well, itās not worth worring about. 
Remind me in April (March?)! I did so many fresh installs, but no upgrades 
Looks like it was marked as a dupe of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cracklib2/+bug/1681231, which is being worked on now.
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Definitely didnāt get all the upgrade. Even though I get a āyour system is up to dateā. Just watching the videos on 17.10 that are out thereā¦and it becomes obvious. So.
Any of you have a good idea as to get full upgrade without having to wipe and fresh install?
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p.s. How can I complete Mate Tweak with the panel choices ? Do see the reference to them in /usr/share/mate-panel/layoutsā¦ But they donāt show in Mate Tweak. Any easy routine to get them back ?
How does one not get all of the update? Thatās what I am confused on. Are we needing to write shell scripts to confirm if we have the latest files via apt?