Updated 17.10 RC ISOs now available

[Nils Kassube]

ray burke wrote:
> I have just recently upgraded K12.04 lts to K14.04 lts, and all is
> running fine after some teething
> problems, as able to use both a dongle stick and dial-up.
> What I would like to know is can I  download a k17.10 iso and do some
> testing to find if I like
> and maybe upgrade to it with a direct upgrade, and how big is it to
> download for an
> iso?

You can't upgrade directly from 14.04 LTS to 17.10. The steps would be 
14.04 LTS -> 16.04 LTS -> 16.10 (*) -> 17.04 (*) -> 17.10. (*) These 
steps would be a bit tricky because the standard repos are no longer 
available and you have to adapt /etc/apt/sources.list. So IMHO for you 
the only useful way to get to 17.10 would be a new installation. Of 
course you could test this use case - the download of the iso image is 
1.6 GB (64-bit) or 1.7 GB (32-bit). IIRC you wrote some time ago that 
16.04 LTS wouldn't work with your dongle stick. So you should first try 
the live system and find out if 17.10 works with your hardware before 
you really do a new installation.

OTOH please remember that 17.10 will only have 9 months support, so you 
shouldn't miss the next upgrade to 18.04 LTS next spring. If you don't 
want to do the next upgrade so soon or if you want to avoid a new 
installation, you may rather wait for 18.04 LTS because then the 
possible upgrade path will be 14.04 LTS -> 16.04 LTS -> 18.04 LTS.


Nils