How do I upgrade to GNOME 47 from a distro that doesn't have gnome by default?

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For context, I’m on Linux Mint and I recently replaced cinnamon with GNOME 46 using Gnome-Session and gdm

But I’m kinda not sure how I can upgrade to GNOME 47 once it comes out

Do I just have to update gnome-session?

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I don’t think you can upgrade to GNOME 47 on Linux Mint.

Linux Mint 22 makes use of Ubuntu 24.04’s repositories, that’s where you get GNOME 46 from. GNOME 47 will likely be in Ubuntu 24.10 but Linux Mint will stay with Ubuntu 24.04 until sometime 2026. So if you’re set on having GNOME 47 (and 48, 49 and 50) you’ll have to use a Linux distro other than Linux Mint, one that gets new GNOME versions quicker.

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Dang, so I have no other option but to switch distros?

Any distro recommendations then? Fedora?

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I just booted into fedora live USB and it literally took dnf some 4 minutes just to install neofetch!!!?? Is there something wrong with my device or is dnf really that slow?

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You probably want to ask on a Fedora forum.

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Yeah but I do not have any plans to switch to Fedora at the moment.

I want to know if I can somehow force Linux Mint to install GNOME 47

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As @jakedane already said: no, you can’t.

You can install Ubuntu 24.10 when it comes out, or switch to another distribution; in any case, the GNOME discussion forum is not the place to ask for distribution-specific questions.

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Understood. I’ll look into my possible options.

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Add the following lines to /etc/dnf/dnf.conf.

fastestmirror=True
max_parallel_downloads=10