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Mint does support upgrading the OS, both to minor and major versions. I personally installed Mint in 2014 and used the upgrade path until a month ago, when my

Mint does support upgrading the OS, both to minor and major versions. I personally installed Mint in 2014 and used the upgrade path until a month ago, when my distro finally started showing bad signs of being experimented on (by me, for 11 years) and it was easier to do a fresh install instead.

d3Xt3r 11mo ago
I know the OS itself does, I meant it wasn't recommended by the team. See these instructions written by the founder Clement himself, especially under section E where they say "We do not even recommend this on the command line, so to have it triggered from the click of a button is just not acceptable to us. It's easy alright, but it's not the right solution." https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2 https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2
- machomaster 11mo ago
  This was 9 years ago... Read the official blog with installation instructions. https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4882 https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4882
  - d3Xt3r 11mo ago
    I know, which is why my original comment stated "and I believe Mint's official stance *was* that they didn't support dist-upgrade" and furthermore, I went on to state "Not sure if that policy has changed now, but that used to be their stance for a very long time".
    - machomaster 11mo ago
      Would have been better if instead of "that used to be their stance for a very long time" you would have written "that used to be their stance a very long time ago, not sure about currently". Additionally, it would have been nice for you to spend a couple of minutes and check the current official stance. Like I said, I have been using Mint since 2014 and the upgrade was an official stance at least since then. I think 3-5 years (let alone 10 years) is a long enough time to pass after which one should check before posting old information. Imagine someone talking about how few games Linux has (pre-Steam) or how impossible installation of Linux is (because one needs to order physical CDs).

d3Xt3r 11mo ago

I know the OS itself does, I meant it wasn't recommended by the team. See these instructions written by the founder Clement himself, especially under section E where they say "We do not even recommend this on the command line, so to have it triggered from the click of a button is just not acceptable to us. It's easy alright, but it's not the right solution." https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2 https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2

machomaster 11mo ago
This was 9 years ago... Read the official blog with installation instructions. https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4882 https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4882
- d3Xt3r 11mo ago
  I know, which is why my original comment stated "and I believe Mint's official stance *was* that they didn't support dist-upgrade" and furthermore, I went on to state "Not sure if that policy has changed now, but that used to be their stance for a very long time".
  - machomaster 11mo ago
    Would have been better if instead of "that used to be their stance for a very long time" you would have written "that used to be their stance a very long time ago, not sure about currently". Additionally, it would have been nice for you to spend a couple of minutes and check the current official stance. Like I said, I have been using Mint since 2014 and the upgrade was an official stance at least since then. I think 3-5 years (let alone 10 years) is a long enough time to pass after which one should check before posting old information. Imagine someone talking about how few games Linux has (pre-Steam) or how impossible installation of Linux is (because one needs to order physical CDs).