Installing LinuxCNC 2.9 or Master on Linux Mint 21

I heard that Tommy!
The reason why I left Buster and the linuxcnc ISO behind over 12 months ago was to get away from  confusion with Python versions....
Then the package got to Bookworm so I've been playing outside the sandpit ever since.
But then I get caught with the error finishing read issue on all my hardware that had
So today been playing with Armbian and tonight will tell if I have nailed a preempt-rt build for an Odroid N2+
Bookworm with the 6.2 kernel.

So what is the best mainstream Debian version to go with for stability as of 3-10-2023?

Set it and forget it = the official ISO with 2.8.4
For anything else, i still use Mint 21 with 2.9 as i still have the deb.
For the production machines Mint 19.3 with 2.8.4 for PlasmaC
For anyone else on the risky side, use BookWorm with 2.10.
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As for stable, i have no issues ever, except with QtPlasmaC still hangs for no reason sometimes, e-stop button does not work ever for quite a while, etc...

I came across a link for upgrading the python on Mint 21 to 3.11 is that no longer needed for 21.1?
I can't seem to find an answer on line for that one.
www.linuxcapable.com/install-python-3-11-on-linux-mint/

Already tested with 21.1, does not work.
I did also try every possible way of installing Python on Mint 20, nothing worked. At one point i had 8 versions of python installed. Some issues with paths and linking ...
The link you provided looks quite thorough compared to what i used then, so might just work.
If i get a chance, i will give it a run.

For ease of use and simple installation, I would go with debian bookworm non free netinstall (CD image)