Upgrade paths from UbuntuMATE 16.04.x and 18.04.x to 19.10

[Bret Busby]

On 14/10/2019, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 18:24, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am intending to upgrade all my
>> computers to 19.10, when it is released.
>
> My two-penn'orth:
>
> Don't.
>
> 18.04 is an LTS release.
>
> 19.10 is not. The _next_ one is 20.04 and that will be an LTS.
>
> You will be able to go direct from 18.04 to 20.04.
>
> You cannot go direct from 10.04 to 19.10 because 19.10 will be a
> normal short-term release.
>
> P.S. Gmail sometimes decides to send all on its own for me, too, and
> even after 15 years of use, I don't know what I press to make it do
> it. Most irritating.
>


I had been considering also, the prospect of 16.04 -> 18.04 -> 20.04,
given that it is just another six months until the expected release of
20.04, which would include the enhancements contained in 19.10, and
more; sticking with just the LTS versions, as I had done for the last
few years.

Due to what happened with the botched attempt at upgrading from
16.04.x to 18.04.3, I am inclined to avoid as many version upgrades,
as possible, and so will now probably stick with the LTS versions.

Now, I need to get the system with the botched 16.04.x -> 18.04.3
upgrade, fixed, before considering any further version upgrades...

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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