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

[Bret Busby]

On 12/3/23 23:15, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> On Sun, 2023-03-12 at 14:57 +0100, Bo Berglund wrote:
>> I also have a couple of server PC:s with no desktop at all (and no wired monitor
>> or keyboard either). Same release as the desktop devices.
>>
>> Are these safe to upgrade when connected over SSH?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have no experience with this. I have physical access to my computers,
> but physical access fixes were never required for a do-release upgrade.
> 
> If I were the computer devil, I would do exactly the same thing. I would
> happily do any release upgrade where the superuser has direct access to
> the machine and slam whenever a server is remotely upgraded, laughing
> evilly and cynically asking where your savior penguin is when you call
> for his blessings.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finagle%27s_law
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf
> 
Whilst it may be off-topic slightly,  from the above web page, that has 
a link to the web page cited below, I think the laws below, are quite 
astute...

"Wirth's law: Software gets slower more quickly than hardware gets faster."
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_laws
(which links to  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth%27s_law
whence
"Gates's law ("The speed of software halves every 18 months") is an 
anonymously coined variant on Wirth's law, its name referencing Bill 
Gates, co-founder of Microsoft. It is an observation that the speed of 
commercial software generally slows by 50% every 18 months, thereby 
negating all the benefits of Moore's law. This could occur for a variety 
of reasons: feature creep, code cruft, developer laziness, lack of 
funding, forced updates, forced porting (to a newer OS or to support a 
new technology) or a management turnover whose design philosophy does 
not coincide with the previous manager.

May's law, named after David May, is a variant stating: "Software 
efficiency halves every 18 months, compensating Moore's law". "
- see Sturgeon's Law, below)

and, especially,
"Andy and Bill's law describes how, when a computer chip is released, 
new software will be released to use up all of its power. Named for Andy 
Grove, then CEO of Intel, and Bill Gates, then CEO of Microsoft."

and, why are these laws, so true?

Because
"Sturgeon's law: "Ninety percent of everything is crud." Derived from a 
quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985)."

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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