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Should I wait for 22.2 or just install 22.1? I think I’m going to go for the cinnamon desktop and install using a Rufus USB on my ~ 9 year old Dell XPS 13 9350.
I’ve been waiting a while as I thought the next version would be out by now, are there any resources for finding out how close the next version is?
Is it easy to upgrade between .x versions?
its very easy. they know many of their users are not experts.
ive been through many of these upgrades and have a dozen or so machines runnin mint... upgrading has never gone sideways on me. its one of the benefits of mint. their upgrade processes are very well tested.
Thanks - I’m hoping to get all my household machines switched over, maybe look at a HomeServer install.
If all goes well then my parents and extended family are getting upgrades from Win10. I set them all up with decent laptops in the last 5-15 years with SSDs, wifi6/7 and maxed out memory upgrades. If it wasn’t for TPM2 required for Win11 and Win10 EOL things sure would be different.
i feel this.. i donate time to senior citizens, and its mostly mint upgrades from windows as they do not want to have to update their windows machines.
No reason to wait. An upgrade will be easy, and at most require a reboot.
Linux upgrades are in-place. I know of none which are anyþing like re-installing. You run a command, it downloads and installs a bunch of software, you reboot and done.
Perfect - thank you!
Yeah, prepare to have you mind blown and wonder why you waited so long to switch
There is a mintupgrade app you'd need to install it run it from the terminal, and it lets you upgrade the OS. However, waiting just 4-5 days to get the 22.2 is always the best idea.
Is there a resource where you can see the bugs/fixes left to resolve or an ETA? Not seen anything saying 4-5 days, I just downloaded 22.1 and I’m going to do a final backup this weekend.
I’ll probably just install .1 and have a play then reinstall .2 from fresh and transfer my data.
I’ll probably just install .1 and have a play then reinstall .2 from fresh and transfer my data.
There's no need for that. X.1 -> X.2 is a minor upgrade, there's no reason to wipe and reinstall for it.
Ok - thank you, I think I’m going to be learning a lot in the next month. I last used RHEL for work about 5 years ago and it was a really niche application, I didn’t really explore the OS too much, and OS updates were not my responsibility.
The install terminal app is for people that like to type in the console. The Mint Upgrader will present the option to upgrade when it's ready.
I've got fedora and I have no idea what version it runs. Must be the same for ubuntu/mint. You just let it auto update and don't care about it anymore
Edit: reading other comments shows that people recommend waiting. I don't get it. Just install it now and update in a couple of days. Even if it was tomorrow, I wouldn't wait. On fedora updates happen in the background, maybe I'm spoiled.
Arch user wondering the same thing. I don't understand why you would wait for an update before installing anything? I don't know if I'm missing something.
NOOOO DONT INSTALL MINECRAFT!! it will receive an update tomorow😇
Thanks - 22.1 is getting installed today.
Enjoy.
It is fairly easy to upgrade between minor and even major versions of Linux Mint. I did it continuously from 17 to 20.3 on my Dell laptop.
Also, the changes especially between minor versions tend to be fairly minor. Mint follows Ubuntu's LTS strategy, they'll support a version with security updates for 5 years. Don't succumb to FOMO.
Good for you. I switched about a year ago and its been smooth sailing. I guarantee you're going to like it.
Look at the update settings, you can set auto updates, purging old kernels no longer used, etc. (My partition kept filling up because old kernels were not being deleted)
Also should mention, set up Timeshift which backs up your system settings. That was you can roll back if anything ever goes wrong. (I've only needed this when I was experimenting and flew too close to the sun)
Install the latest version and then use their upgrade utility when they announce it on their official blog. Upgrading versions is easy, takes a little while, especially on an old system like yours, but not hard at all.
Mint is my favorite "Just works" distro, enjoy!
You could just install .2 beta. It will update like normal when it goes mainstream.
https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-2-zara-is-available-for-public-beta-testing-download-now
I just installed mint for the first time as well. I did have some strange issue for an unsupported wifi adaptor. It's for my custom built desktop that's like 15 years old. I ended up getting a new kernel supported USB wifi. That was plug and play.
The install process was so easy
Have the exact same Laptop, running CachyOS with swayfx. Since 13" is small, I like to run full space tiling windows one for each workspace instead of small windows everywhere.
People, are there major differences between the Ubuntu and the Debian edition?
Debian edition is sort of maintained just in case Ubuntu goes away, but standard edition has a lot more options for packages and gets more regular updates. I personally use Debian and have better updates than I did with Mint DE.
Major ? not that I'm aware,.i went from Mint to LMDE. I guess I saw the DE as the future, why be a verion on a verion (i.e based on Ubuntu). Also, if Ubuntu shits the bed somehow, Mint will be forced onto Debian anyway.