Question about file transfer to Android device

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, 23 Sept 2025 at 11:07, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:

> Like when Ubuntu imposed snaps, Linux Mint made similar changes

No it didn't.

> imposing, I think, the Linux Mint equivalent of snaps - flatpack

No it doesn't. Mint 22 comes with no flatpaks installed.

> and, I
> think, from memory, some other similar changes that degraded
> functionality, causing me to avoid replacing 21.3 with 22.

I considered this before asking. I did not consider your paranoia.

It doesn't. There may be other reasons, but really, it is not broken.

Example: I downgraded 2 PCs to from Ubuntu 24.04 "Noble" to Ubuntu
22.04 "Jammy" because the machines contain integrated non-upgradable
GPUs which are no longer supported under Noble. Valid reasons do
exist. I was asking to establish if you had such, and it seems you do
not.

In the past you have described complex systems multi-booting many
versions of many distros all at once. If you were willing to do this,
then you can multi-boot Mint 21 and a fresh install of Mint 22 and see
if the newer release does what you need. If it does, you can wipe the
fresh copy, make a backup of your Mint 21 root partition, and then
upgrade the backup to Mint 22.

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