You took the words right out of my mouth! In a perfect world an operating system would be invisible, as it is there to provide an environment in which to run programs, and contains enough utilities for maintaining the system.
I ran the Linuxmint upgrade app and followed the on screen prompts and upgraded with no issues. The whole process took about 10-15 minutes. Very easy for a new user like me to upgrade.
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us! :)
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I did a fresh install on one laptop and an upgrade from 21.3 on another. Both worked flawlessly. I love the minimalist esthetic. I’m using apps as system installs, flatpaks, and appimages. They all work great. Boring is good, I’m working and getting things done.
I used the last 2/3 months the LMDE6 which I liked very much. Yesterday I did a complete reinstall of the Linux Mint 22 Wilma and boy, I like it even more....
I just upgraded my laptop via the included app. Went smoothly, works as well as the previous version did. I'm not going to upgrade my desktop for a bit though, to see if there are any major issues that crop up with version 22.
Thank you for recommending a pragmatic time frame for contemplating the upgrade, I can wait until late August. That is very practical advice! I want to put the latest version of Mint on my tower, I am trying to cut my Windows dependency. I have Mint on a micro, and it runs just fine. I have come to love Mint, I had Jammy on my micro and it crashed, I replaced it with Mint (because I really thought Mint looked like a more applicable OS for me) and I have loved it! I will wait a few more weeks before changing over my main system, but after that, GOODBYE WINDOWS! AND GOOD RIDDANCE!
"Fantastic review! Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' looks like a game-changer with its sleek interface and enhanced performance. Your thorough breakdown of the new features and improvements provides invaluable insights for anyone considering the upgrade. Thanks for keeping us updated with the latest in the Linux world!"
Best Linux distribution for those who want peace and quiet! No broken upgrades(extremely rare), no serious driver problems, everything just works as it should with a decent performance overall and a good GUI maintained by the own Mint team, without tons of uselessness and a sufficient amount of customization. Maybe not so good if you want to goo deep into Linux World but, the best(in my opinion) for the beginners users and tired/lazy users like me.
CUPS Browsed is broken... Kept breaking the print queue on two separate machines with two separate printers... Removing CUPS Browsed and adding the printers manually, with static ip addresses, has fixed the issue. Oddly enough, I ran Fedora 40 for a week without any issues from CUPS prior to installing Mint. I'm sticking with Mint for now, though, as everything else seems to be working great. That was a very annoying issue for me as I do all my printing for work on this machine, and it was extremely unreliable until i figured this out.
I ran Mint for years and always loved seeing a new shiny thing on each release. Mint is so boring now that I just run Debian. Only difference between Debian and Mint is that Mint is themed for you out of the box and you get updated Cinnamon packages. But the desktop hasn't changed in a good long while now so that doesn't even matter.
Mint 22 is crap. At least that's my experience. Mint 19.3 worked perfectly ! - Copying files from one external hard-drive to another (both ext4 and mounted) takes forever, and can even lead to a hang up. - "Handbreak" the video converter is slow and also leads to freezing. - The Taskbar is now "grouping" everything and can not changed back to the older "non grouping" version (a lot of people i know have complained about this) - Nividia driver 550 detects 2 monitors, even if there is just 1, leading to a mouse pointer "dead-zone" in the right upper display corner, because that's where the pointer would switch to the second monitor ... again, there is no second monitor ! - and the list goes on ... THIS WAS AFTER A COMPLETELY FRESH INSTALLATION ! Ps.: This is just my own personal experience, so please don't crucify me ! 😇
This is the opposite of windows. Windows arrives full of bloated spyware and usually comes pre broken somehow. Updates are so full of drama since they often break more things than they fix. The idea of modifying the gui is an impossible dream as well. Linux mint installs easily and almost always just works. Updates are completely optional and generally dont cause any problems.
Maturity is realising boring is good
You took the words right out of my mouth! In a perfect world an operating system would be invisible, as it is there to provide an environment in which to run programs, and contains enough utilities for maintaining the system.
I ran the Linuxmint upgrade app and followed the on screen prompts and upgraded with no issues.
The whole process took about 10-15 minutes.
Very easy for a new user like me to upgrade.
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us! :)
I did a fresh install on one laptop and an upgrade from 21.3 on another. Both worked flawlessly. I love the minimalist esthetic. I’m using apps as system installs, flatpaks, and appimages. They all work great. Boring is good, I’m working and getting things done.
I used the last 2/3 months the LMDE6 which I liked very much. Yesterday I did a complete reinstall of the Linux Mint 22 Wilma and boy, I like it even more....
What exactly do you like better about LM than LMDE?
I just upgraded my laptop via the included app. Went smoothly, works as well as the previous version did. I'm not going to upgrade my desktop for a bit though, to see if there are any major issues that crop up with version 22.
This video was very enjoyable and pleasurable. Thank you for your contribution to humanity and Linux.
Thank you for recommending a pragmatic time frame for contemplating the upgrade, I can wait until late August. That is very practical advice! I want to put the latest version of Mint on my tower, I am trying to cut my Windows dependency. I have Mint on a micro, and it runs just fine. I have come to love Mint, I had Jammy on my micro and it crashed, I replaced it with Mint (because I really thought Mint looked like a more applicable OS for me) and I have loved it! I will wait a few more weeks before changing over my main system, but after that, GOODBYE WINDOWS! AND GOOD RIDDANCE!
I just got sick and tired of all the Winblows built in spyware so i switched to Linux Mint and i love it.
Glad to hear :) Have fun with LM :)
"Fantastic review! Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' looks like a game-changer with its sleek interface and enhanced performance. Your thorough breakdown of the new features and improvements provides invaluable insights for anyone considering the upgrade. Thanks for keeping us updated with the latest in the Linux world!"
Best Linux distribution for those who want peace and quiet! No broken upgrades(extremely rare), no serious driver problems, everything just works as it should with a decent performance overall and a good GUI maintained by the own Mint team, without tons of uselessness and a sufficient amount of customization. Maybe not so good if you want to goo deep into Linux World but, the best(in my opinion) for the beginners users and tired/lazy users like me.
Upgrading like a pioneer!
CUPS Browsed is broken... Kept breaking the print queue on two separate machines with two separate printers... Removing CUPS Browsed and adding the printers manually, with static ip addresses, has fixed the issue. Oddly enough, I ran Fedora 40 for a week without any issues from CUPS prior to installing Mint. I'm sticking with Mint for now, though, as everything else seems to be working great. That was a very annoying issue for me as I do all my printing for work on this machine, and it was extremely unreliable until i figured this out.
Linux mint is just a mature replacement for window$. No reason not to use it.😎🤓
replaced windows 11 with linux mint 22 on my old laptop and 22 is slower than windows 11. wtf!
I ran Mint for years and always loved seeing a new shiny thing on each release. Mint is so boring now that I just run Debian. Only difference between Debian and Mint is that Mint is themed for you out of the box and you get updated Cinnamon packages. But the desktop hasn't changed in a good long while now so that doesn't even matter.
i cant launch appimage in 22))
Mint 22 is crap. At least that's my experience. Mint 19.3 worked perfectly !
- Copying files from one external hard-drive to another (both ext4 and mounted) takes forever, and can even lead to a hang up.
- "Handbreak" the video converter is slow and also leads to freezing.
- The Taskbar is now "grouping" everything and can not changed back to the older "non grouping" version (a lot of people i know have complained about this)
- Nividia driver 550 detects 2 monitors, even if there is just 1, leading to a mouse pointer "dead-zone" in the right upper display corner, because that's where the pointer would switch to the second monitor ... again, there is no second monitor !
- and the list goes on ...
THIS WAS AFTER A COMPLETELY FRESH INSTALLATION !
Ps.: This is just my own personal experience, so please don't crucify me ! 😇
No crucifying here. Sounds like you have some valid gripes, nothing more annoying than to upgrade and find it’s actually a downgrade
This is the opposite of windows. Windows arrives full of bloated spyware and usually comes pre broken somehow. Updates are so full of drama since they often break more things than they fix. The idea of modifying the gui is an impossible dream as well. Linux mint installs easily and almost always just works. Updates are completely optional and generally dont cause any problems.
getting ready to move from microsoft
Then I wish you every success in the change. Afterwards you can give your feedback how it went for you and how satisfied you are.
@@FossLinuxJournal I will. Going to see how plex will go for me it will be an interesting learning curve should be fun.