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Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” Is now available for Download (blog.linuxmint.com)
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Switching my computer from Windows to Linux is one of the best decisions I have ever made🔥👌

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

If you are currently running Mint 22.1, the upgrade will show up in the Update Manager > Edit menu.

Edit: I updated my machines this way. I'm guessing it isn't set to automatically move one from kernel 6.8 to 6.14? I can obviously change the kernel via the Kernels menu in Update Manager, I'm just wondering why this wasn't automatic.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    i was going to amend my other comment.

    according to this in the release notes:

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    HWE kernel issues

    To 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.

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    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?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year 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.

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