<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">dear uteck, thanks for the reply. this is what happened: before sending my post to this forum: - changed 'release upgrade' from 'LTS only' to 'normal' - check reported no new release this morning: - check reported 'new ubuntu release 10.10 available' BUT support for that ended like you said. NB: now: - changed 'release upgrade' from 'normal' to 'LTS only' - check reported 'new ubuntu release 12.04 is now available'. HOORAY. i wonder why i did NOT get the same report yesterday though. could it be that i rebooted the machine overnight? anyway problem seems solved. will try the upgrade now. thanks for the help uteck. <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div dir="ltr"><hr size="1">Another way is from the command line try running the updater this way: </div>sudo update-manager -d That will force it to check for a new distribution update and should show 12.04 as the only option. -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a ymailto="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </div> </div> </div></body></html>