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There is a mintupgrade app you'd need to install it run it from the terminal, and it lets you upgrade the OS. However, waiting just 4-5 days to get the 22.2 is always the best idea.
Is there a resource where you can see the bugs/fixes left to resolve or an ETA? Not seen anything saying 4-5 days, I just downloaded 22.1 and I’m going to do a final backup this weekend.
I’ll probably just install .1 and have a play then reinstall .2 from fresh and transfer my data.
There's no need for that. X.1 -> X.2 is a minor upgrade, there's no reason to wipe and reinstall for it.
Ok - thank you, I think I’m going to be learning a lot in the next month. I last used RHEL for work about 5 years ago and it was a really niche application, I didn’t really explore the OS too much, and OS updates were not my responsibility.