I’ve recently started to use MX full time and am seeing updates virtually everyday.
Has anyone here noticed the same or is that normal?
neofetch shot as of now.
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That is normal for MX.
MX is semi-rolling release… that means it behaves like a rolling release until there is a major new fixed release, and then you need a fresh install or an inline upgrade.
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Thanks Neville, your info is appreciated.
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Does that mean you can upgrade to a new version like Linux Mint? Do an upgrade from the update manager or some such? This means upgrading from within the install itself?
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I remember seeing something about inline upgrades, but it was more like Debian than Mint… there was a set of instructions published by MX… not a simple click.
I always do a parallel fresh install of new releases of MX, and run both versions for a while until I am satisfied, then delete the old one. All you need is a spare partition to do it my way. It might me a bit pedestrian, but it is safe.
There is an MX tool that will list all of your personal packages. That helps with reinstalling all your packages, but it does not automate it.
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Well, I prefer an online upgrade (yes, I am insane). I would have wished MX had made a simple tool with a few buttons for upgrading.
What the support page here mentions doesn’t seem to be all that involved. But I know the devil is in the details. I’ll stick with Mint until MX can provide a decent upgrade tool.
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I do that in Devuan, but in MX I prefer the ultra-safe way because it is my main daily workhorse, and it controls grub in a multiboot setup.
Rolling release avoids these drastic release upgrades.
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I run Ubuntu 24.04 on my home laptop and on several VMs at work. They get updates almost every day too. Recently there was an announcement of a change. There will no longer be updates made available over the weekend. That makes a lot of sense. Why make a change available, that may break things, over the weekend when there is less help available. I think it also does allow for critical updates to still be made available over the weekend, just in case there is a fix for some vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
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What sort of updates. Most distros do security updates only in between releases.
MX does everything, even kernels, just like a rolling release.
How much does Ubuntu do?
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Correct. Mostly security fixes but some bug updates too. Not added features though.
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