{"id":4378,"date":"2022-08-08T09:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T08:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4378"},"modified":"2022-08-08T09:59:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T08:59:03","slug":"how-to-upgrade-to-linux-mint-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4378","title":{"rendered":"How to upgrade to Linux Mint 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve been waiting for this I\u2019d like to thank you for your patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 20.3 to version 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The upgrade instructions are available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io\/en\/latest\/upgrade-to-mint-21.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io\/en\/latest\/upgrade-to-mint-21.html\">https:\/\/linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io\/en\/latest\/upgrade-to-mint-21.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Take your time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read all the instructions and take the time to understand them, ask for help if you\u2019re stuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The instructions will ask you to be up to date and to prepare system snapshots. Don\u2019t rush into upgrading and do not take shortcuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Don\u2019t panic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re stuck or wondering about something don\u2019t hesitate to ask for help:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can post here in the comments section.<\/li><li>You can ask for help in the forums.<\/li><li>You can connect to the IRC (from within Linux Mint, launch Menu->Internet->Hexchat). If you\u2019re new to IRC, read <a href=\"https:\/\/community.linuxmint.com\/tutorial\/view\/12\">this tutorial<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If your version of Linux Mint is older than 20.3 read <a href=\"https:\/\/linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io\/en\/latest\/upgrade.html\">https:\/\/linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io\/en\/latest\/upgrade.html<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been waiting for this I\u2019d like to thank you for your patience. It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 20.3 to version 21. The upgrade instructions are available at: https:\/\/linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io\/en\/latest\/upgrade-to-mint-21.html Take your time Read all the instructions and take the time to understand them, ask for help if you\u2019re stuck. The instructions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4382,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4378\/revisions\/4382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}