<div dir="auto">There is a supported method to go through upgrading between major Mint versions. Typically you have to wait for the process to be released and documented:<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html">https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 5:26\u202fPM Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I am really surprised and disappointed to hear that Mint's upgrade process is "backup and reinstall".</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">In my case, I have been running Xubuntu LTS for many years. </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I do upgrade from one LTS release to the next.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Granted, I use the do-release-upgrade script, but the GUI equivalent should just be a wrapper around it. </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Xubuntu used XFCE which does not stand in the way of using a Linux desktop.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">My recommendation is that they try out a couple of distros, using the Live CD feature.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">That way, they may like something or dislike it so as not to use it.</div><br></div></div>
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