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"gewg_" writes:

from the the-latest-thing dept.

In the past, upgrading to the next release has been a sore spot for users of Linux Mint.
The main release (based on Ubuntu) ironed out this difficulty with Mint 17 LTS (Long-Term Support).

Linux Mint Debian Edition is, as the name indicates, based on Debian and has only had 2 releases.
Previously, LMDE 2 "Betsy" suffered from the no-in-place-upgrade problem. Chief developer at Mint, Clement Lefebvre, has written a tutorial [linuxmint.com] describing how you can now update from LMDE 1.

As Silviu Stahie notes [softpedia.com] at Softpedia

Don't hesitate to connect to the IRC while performing the upgrade. One important note among the warnings: Make sure to disable Romeo prior to upgrading. Cinnamon 2.6 and MATE 1.10 will hit it very soon [but] they're not fully stable yet. If you want to test them, it's better to enable Romeo post-upgrade so they don't interfere with the upgrade.

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