Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ending April 2019 then what next one needs to do and how. I would also like to know if we can directly jump to the higher release or upgrade step by step? If step by step then how to upgrade to the latest, please suggest. I would again like to opt for LTS. I am scared to do as grub should not get crashed..  Worth noting is i have dual boot with Win 7 ultimate.   Regards, SHK
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I am currently using Ubuntu 10.04. I know there is a 10.10 release, but can I upgrade directly to 11.04? Could you walk me through the steps please?
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As you can see in the image above, I tried to update to 19.10 and it says that   No new release found   I checked the /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades to see if the Prompt is LTS but it is still normal.  What would be your advice?  UPDATE: I already updated the system to 19.10. Thank you very much for the advices.
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This is NOT an installation problem question. I've had both op sys working fine side-by-side for a couple of weeks now. I'm using Ubunutu 12.04 64-bit.  This morning when I tried to switch from Win8 to Ubuntu, it just rebooted into Win8. No grub screen whatsoever. This is the 3rd machine I've had dual-booting &amp; have never seen this, but then Win8 is a 1st for me &amp; has thrown some pretty awesome blocks in the path to get to here. Atrocious op sys...  I'm assuming the ASUS updater did this yesterday. (ASUS R503U)  So, do I just put the Ubuntu disk in &amp; reinstall grub?
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Is it better to install Ubuntu completely new or is the upgrade process just as good? In other words, will my computer run just as problem-free and efficiently when I upgrade as opposed to a fresh install?
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I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Today when I logged into my computer I got an update alert saying that I could upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. The other options were not now or do not upgrade. If I chose to upgrade will it delete my /home directories and the installed software under /opt and /usr/local ?
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Having run into many snags and stability issues when upgrading (update-manager -d) from just release to release (For example: 13.04 - 13.10), I soon learned and have been told that it is always more reliable to just do fresh installs.  However, when it comes to LTS to LTS upgrading (update-manager -d), I was told by a #ubuntu op that this is AS RELIABLE as doing a fresh install. I have a hard time understanding how that can be. If just release to release is prone to instability, what makes an LTS to LTS upgrade any different? How can it be as reliable as a fresh install?
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In the  of Ubuntu, I see that both the 14.04.1 and the 14.04 versions are offered for download. Do I need them both? That is, is 14.04 a prerequisite for installing 14.04.1? Or can I just download the last version ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso?
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I started using Ubuntu and like it so far. I got my first system at a point where problems would really hurt. Normally I do the apt-get upgrade stuff quite brain-off but this here made me feel a bit uncertain. The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:   linux-headers-4.15.0-29 linux-headers-4.15.0-29-generic linux-image-4.15.0-29-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-29-generic linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-29-generic Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.  I believe that newer version of this modules are installed and used already and that this old ones can be removed. But that is just me theory. When running autoremove it says that 335 MB will be freed. Is this safe or not? Update: I went for the autoremove with purge (even if I have enough space) I just seem to be greedily. It then popped up a purple screen asking me: A new version of /boot/grub/menu.lst is available, but the version installed currently has been locally modified. What would you like to do about menu.lst?  install the package maintainer's version keep the local version currently installed show the differences between the versions show a side-by-side difference between the versions show a 3-way difference between available versions do a 3-way merge between available versions (experimental) List item start a new shell to examine the situation  if I choose option 2: keep the local version, will it keep revert back to 4.15.0-29? what should I do. I'm sure this is just a small thing but I dont want this system to have short or longterm issues. Update: I compared both versions: one was the grub list and the other was some tmp list. one was version 29 and the other had version 34. I pressed: keep the local version currently installed twice and rebootet. $ uname -r 4.15.0-34-generic  hope that grub list is okay and its not the tmp list. Nevertheless I wanted to thank all you guys for the amount of very detailed answers. I felt a bit bad for all the time you spent answering me the initial question. But this seems to stand up for a decent community.
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I have a laptop with Ubuntu 17.04 desktop installed. And I noticed that Ubuntu has just announced their new version (17.10). However, when I'm trying to open update-manager, it just tells me that I have the newest version.  Also, when I type the sudo do-release-upgrade command on the terminal, it tells me the same thing (No new release found.)  Is there any reasons for that, and what can I do? or should I just wait for that version, to get to the server?
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I am using Ubuntu 12.04 right now. If I use the command sudo apt-get dist-upgrade will that upgrade my Ubuntu to 12.10? Does that mean I won't be using the LTS version after that? I don't want to use Ubuntu 12.10 because I've already tried it and it's very heavy for my netbook.
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Not a problem, but have been seeing questions recently of people not being offered upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04.  I thought these upgrades were offered back in June.  I upgraded to 20.04 from 19.10 and this was offered back in May.  Imagine that different versions paths have different schedules, but google does not help explaining(that I found).  Does someone know the schedules?
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I answered  about do-release-upgrade not allowing an upgrade of 14.10 to 15.04 only to 15.10, I assumed it was due to 15.04 being end of life.  A user (@xangua ) posted that it was not possible to skip a release with do-release-upgrade, so I looked in to this information by running the command on my 14.04 box, but this is where the confusion began.  My 14.04 wants to upgrade straight to 15.04?   Of course this invalidates my answer as 15.04 is end of life, but why does this command seem to be skipping versions, if not based on end of life?   There is no indication any thing from 14.10 is being downloaded by the upgrade and software-updater says Ubuntu 15.04 is now available for download, some clarification of this would be great.
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I'm attempting to install Ubuntu 14.04.1 (the only version I have handy) onto my old Compaq Presario R3000 (this Ubuntu was recommended for this computer). The installation has stalled at about 60% and hasn't moved in an hour.  The message at the bottom says: Configuring bcmwl-kernal-source (i386).  I have no experience with Ubuntu (or with Linux, for that matter), coming from a strictly-Windows background). Can anyone offer some advice?
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I am currently installing Ubuntu 12.04.3. Everything was going fine until I came across this...     Installing System   It is sssooooooo close to being finished! Like 1/6 of the way there! I just wanted to know if this is normal or if something is wrong. I'm installing it through a flash drive if that helps   Also,what will happen if I press the skip button that pops up when I click Installing System?
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I've heard that Ubuntu 18.04 will be using GNOME desktop by default. So, what is going to happen to Unity?    Will Ubuntu 16.04 (with Unity) receive updates until 2021 for Unity desktop?     What desktop environments will we get while upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04? Will Unity be dead? Will there be an Ubuntu Unity Flavor?   And my major question is:   Can I still be able to Download Ubuntu Unity 17.10 or need to upgrade from Ubuntu 17.04 to get 17.10 with unity ??
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Can you guys please help me use Grub Customizer to set an older version of the kernel 4.4.0 of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as default when booting? I'm not using a dual boot system, and I have installed 4.4.8 kernel to help me solve the suspend problem, but it's draining my battery.  What do I have to do, I wouldn't want to f*** things up.
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I'm pretty new to running linux, but I know that 19.04 was released today and I wanted to upgrade from my current 18.10. However, when I follow the release notes here:  I get the message "The software on this computer is up to date". I made sure that my update settings are set to "any new version" and "normal" in the /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades file.   What am I doing wrong?  Thanks for the help!  Side note: I had to disable this PPA:  because it would cause errors in apt updating. Do I need to re-add it? If so how do I do so without it giving me an error?  Edit: I have followed the procedure recommended in the documentation which is identical to the suggested duplicate, but I am not given the option to upgrade. I have not yet tried the   do-release-upgrade -d    option as I don't want to upgrade to the developer version.