Been using Linux off and on for years. Back when Windows 10 got EOL’d, I decided to go all in. I’m one of those weirdos who doesn’t like Mint/Cinnamon, so I went with MX 23 + Plasma.
Now that MX 25 has been out for a bit, I figured I’d try my first in place upgrade: https://mxlinux.org/wiki/in-place-upgrade-from-mx-23-to-mx-25/
The instructions said the process would be “a little bumpy,” but it really wasn’t at all - I’m comfortable with a command line.
Only issue was that my icons were all blank after the upgrade. (I figured a theme got upgraded and the old icon paths were invalid.) All I had to do was go into settings and pick a new icon pack.
Since this was my first time, I don’t really know if that was typical for in place upgrades. I’m sure I’ll find out eventually, haha.
Yeah, all this exactly.
My desktop is pretty old, but I still use it for blender and 3D printing stuff. I don’t need anything too complex - just stability (including compatibility with my Nvidia card). No need for complex partitioning, partly because all my files are on my NAS. And the antiX package manager is much better than Synaptics - I should figure out if it works on other flavors of Debian, too…
I’ve played with tons of distros. I run Bazzite for gaming, and I love Endeavour for productivity. But I keep going back to MX on anything a little older.