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Im new to mint. I installed it on my laptop about a month ago. How do you update it when it comes out?
The update functionality for older versions to upgrade to the new version will be released a few weeks after the iso release of Linux Mint 22. It'll be an available upgrade in the Software Update Center application.
The latest blog post says it should be just a few days, which is nice!
That's awesome! Thanks for letting us know!
For those not following the blog, here are the instructions!
Open the Update Manager (click on the little shield icon down near the clock) and click Edit > Upgrade to Linux Mint 22.
Their website will have more thorough details.
Thank you
Afaik there is a mintupdate tool with linuxmint nowadays. So i think you can easily know how to update when its time
Mint for years but i forget. In the updates make sure fully updated first. Then i remember some sort of upgrade command.
Im not much help but i think i did it once. Or you can preserve your home folder, broweser bookmarks, etc... the load the new os from scratch, but im sure theres an upgrade option.