Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS with MATE - can I use do-release-upgrade?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2023-03-12 at 10:18 +0100, Bo Berglund wrote:
> Will a release upgrade using "sudo do-release-upgrade" result in the dektop
> being changed to whatever Ubuntu developers consider the "default and best"???
> I want to keep my MATE desktop configured as is.

Hi,

a release upgrade does upgrade the installed packages to the next
release. The good news, you will stay with Mate. The bad news, GTK apps
might have changed a lot, used themes might have become incompatible and
some apps are probably ported from GTK3 to GTK4.

IOW a release upgrade doesn't replace Mate by another desktop
environment, but most likely several GTK apps will replace clear menu
texts by ambiguous cave painting icons.

Since the end of standard support of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is in April 2025,
you should consider to stay with 20.04 LTS for a while.

Regards,
Ralf