This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.
Linux Mint will be slowing down how often it releases its namesake distro. We'll still see the next distro not long after Ubuntu 26.04 appears.
If immutable and atomic distributions are the future of Linux, how do you choose? Maybe you don't have to. I break it all down.
Linus Torvalds releases Linux Kernel 6.19. Discover the 300% TCP boost, PCIe Link Encryption, Live Update Orchestrator for VMs, and more.