oh god i'm nervous i just switched from windows to linux in march and this will be my first big update :o
Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” Is Now Available for Download
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4881
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cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’ve been running Mint since 17.x and have only had one upgrade fail in all that time. You’re very unlikely to have a problem, but backup your system just in case!
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
ooh i have timeshift automatically set up anyway :)
Linearity@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
You got people like this guy and then you got me who had to reinstall mint 3 times because of upgrade and compatibility issues and then I eventually gave up on it 😭😭
And that happened in the span of one month too.Eventually switched to Kubuntu and now I use Arch btw WITH BTRFS 🤤
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Or use something like TimeShift and set it to automatically create backups.
Before I switched to the boringly stable Bazzite, TimeShift was a godsend. I was able to learn so much about Linux just by not having to worry about fucking up my install because whenever I did, it was trivial to rollback.
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I adore the Linux community because it’s collectively so nice. If you cock it up, someone here will help you fix it.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
so far it's been so good! i think the only issue i've had with linux is that it will randomly freeze everything (usually if I try to load a tab in librewolf/chrome that's a chonky boi or if i'm in zoom) on my laptop and i have to hard reset and i can't figure out how to search for it because i really don't know what causes it :(
theherk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Worth mentioning you are a okay not to update.
Sarothazrom@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m in the same boat! Gonna update tomorrow when I’m not sleepy
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you are currently running Mint 22.1, the upgrade will show up in the Software Manager > Edit menu.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
i was going to amend my other comment.
according to this in the release notes:
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HWE kernel issuesTo provide support for newer AMD processors, Linux Mint 22.2 ships HWE Kernel 6.14.
This kernel however has issues with:
Virtualbox
Old Intel GPUs which use the i915 driver
Old NVIDIA cards which use the 470 driver (this driver is no longer supported by NVIDIA and thus doesn't support newer kernels)If you are affected by one of these issues, we recommend you install Linux Mint 22.1 instead, which ships with LTS kernel 6.8.
You can then perform an upgrade towards 22.2 without switching towards the HWE kernel.
i ran
lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'and i confirmed i was running i915 but i'm also currently on 22.1 with kernel 6.8; so does that mean i can upgrade normally and not worry about the kernel?danzabia@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
It also says I’m using i915 but I bought this laptop a year ago… so I suspect many Intel GPUs use that driver?
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
does that mean i can upgrade normally and not worry about the kernel?
Yeah, just doing the upgrade via Update Manager > Edit menu leaves you on the 6.8 kernel. Confirmed with all three of my machines I upgraded.
Two of them I have since put on kernel 6.14 via Update Manager > Kernels, after updating to Mint 22.2 and seeing it still on kernel 6.8.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I ran it it remotely logging in from RustDesk. Jellyfin (caddy), Copyparty, and my Pihole all run on that machine and it finished and all continued working after it restarted.
Time estimate: 10 mins
londos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sorry for a noob question, but is there a recommended flavor (xfce/mate/cinnamon) for a 2010 era laptop, or is there no reason not to use cinnamon?
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Cinnamon uses slightly more resources than the other two. But, it’s lightweight enough I doubt you are going to have an issue, even with a computer of that era.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
can't you switch from xfce to cinnamon and vice versa too?
londos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thanks for the feedback! Its a surprisingly big hurdle, especially for someone indecisive that’s not going to try all three.
Fecundpossum@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’d say RAM is going to be the largest performance bottle neck for a desktop environment on an older machine. 4gb of RAM? don’t bother with cinnamon, you’ll likely have a much better experience with Mate or XFCE. 8gb is about where I’d even bother to test out cinnamon.
Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You should probably take a look into puppy Linux, if low specs. Otherwise anything with xfce should run better on it.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I ran Puppy off of a 4gb USB for almost 2 years when the hard drive crashed in my desktop years ago. As far as the “it just works” OS’s go, it was fantastic.
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution that works well!
Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hard to say without specs. I’d go with XFCE and then MATE right behind it. With a lower end PC, I doubt it could handle the fanciness of Cinnamon and still run software
Hugin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Woohoo. After a hardware upgrade that requires kernel 6.14 or newer I’ve been stuck on arch. Time to breakout the old drive and try an upgrade.
Lawnman23@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Fedora also has up to date kernels, if you wanted to run something other than Arch.
Hugin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
At the time of myhardware upgrade it was only arch and nix that supported 6.14.
I’ve got mixed feelings about Fedora. I spent 10 years using a mix of Fedora, Red Hat, CEntOS, and Red Hawk at work so I’m very used to it.
However some of the decisions Red Hat the company have been making make me hesitant about it’s future. It also makes me feel like I’m at work when I use it at home.
It’s not a bad linux family at all and if I was setting up a production server CEntOS would probably be my choice.
LunaChocken@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I use nobara which is a fork of fedora it’s pretty good. Though the update manager gui is complete crap for how slow it is.
Mavytan@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
I just briefly went through what’s in the update. It’s mostly visuals and some minor integrations? Or am I missing something?
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Its a point release, so that’s to be expected.
They also updated to kernel 6.14 and updated mesa to 25.0.7, which means for people like me with a Radeon 9060 XT, it’s no longer necessary to use a PPA for updated mesa.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
After using Fedora for a few days I do not care for the desktop environment and hot keys
But holy fuck how have I been sleeping on toolboxes?
The dev environment is great, I’m loving it. I even installed fedora 43 in a container to test out some rocm features and I didn’t even need to reboot.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
What desktop environment are you using, KDE Plasma?
But yeah, Bazzite is immutable Fedora, and distrobox is essential (and comes pre-installed)
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Gnome, which I used to love
I thought Bazzite was just for gaming… o would rather a near immutable distribo, once it’s set up with VPN and stuff I want everything else in containers and running at user privileges.
polle@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Wayland still in experimental mode? :(
ibot@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
yes
BoloMKXXVIII@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
It doesn't seem like that big of an update. Unless you need something listed in the release notes, you can stay where you are. I am running 21.3. It is good until 2026. My configuration is a bit complex and I hate spending the time to update.
WeebLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It fixed dark mode not working properly in Firefox. 100% needed for me lol.
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
That’s weird, I haven’t gotten the update yet but dark mode is working fine in FF for me. The place where it fails is ff-based webapps, which I use for YouTube music, Discord, and MS Teams.
BoloMKXXVIII@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Glad it helped you.
SineNomineAnonymous@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Have always wondered how badly it could bork my system if I tried to “turn” my beautiful Kubuntu install into a Linux Mint install.
Anyone has any advice or experience of doing it without butchering everything? And yes, I would like to stay on KDE.
eldain@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Mint has no KDE install which makes it a hazzle to setup and fragile to upgrade. You also wouldn’t gain anything, because they are both ubuntu based systems. Not worth it imo, like a sidegrade.
You can transplant your desktop onto anything, the configuration is stored in .config and .local in your home folder. Bring those to another distribution with the same software (copy while you are not logged in, ie while in live cd or reuse the home partition without formatting) and it will look the same.
SineNomineAnonymous@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Thanks for the advice. Wanted to give Cinnamon a go, didn’t go well when I tried installing it on Kubuntu (permissions with access to important files held in KWallet were all screwed up and half the stuff wasn’t working so I kinda gave up).
Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I updated last night and don’t see much of a change in my experience other than my toolbar icon look different. I streamed fo 2.5 hours on Arma Refroger no issues
twice_hatch@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
But it’s 2024 🤔
KingDingbat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
As usual, my timing is impeccable. I just downloaded 22.1 last night lol
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Head on over to Update Manager > Edit and upgrade to 22.2!
maximumbird@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thank you for this
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Good job!