On November 30th 2013, the Linux Mint team proudly announced the release of Linux Mint 16 ???Petra??? MATE. This release is the result of 6 months of incremental buildup on top of fast and decent technologies. This new release brings new updated software, new features and refinements to make your desktop look even more appropriate to use.
This guides shows you how to upgrade from Linux Mint 15 ???Olivia??? to Linux Mint 16 ???Petra???. A new version of Linux Mint is released every 6 months with new features and improvements but it doesn’t wrong staying with the release you already have. In fact, you can ditch many released and bond with the version that works better for you.