The reason why you are being offered the upgrade from 8.04 to 10.04 automagically is that both are LTS (Long Term Support) versions. The direct upgrade was fully planned (without intermediate upgrades) in the design of 10.04<div> <br></div><div>See <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades</a> for more details.</div><div><br clear="all">Regards, Martin<br><br><a href="mailto:MartinVisser99@gmail.com">MartinVisser99@gmail.com</a><br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 2:25 PM, James Takac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:p3nndrag0n@gmail.com">p3nndrag0n@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Hi Guys<br> <br> 2 of my systems still have 8.04 on them and I see via the update manager the<br> option of a dist upgrade to 10.04. I'm familiar with the usual incremental<br> upgrade and was wondering if the upgrade straight from 8.04 to 10.04 is<br> viable? I know it won't be without risk even if it is. But if it is a viable<br> upgrade option I'd consider the possibilty<br> <br> Thx in advance<br> James<br> <font color="#888888"><br> --<br> ubuntu-au mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a><br> </font></blockquote></div><br></div>