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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?

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

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.