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Is an update from 14.04 painless or would you recommend reinstalling? I'd like some newer packages but don't really feel like setting up the whole system again

• maaarghk 10y ago
  Pretty painless - I've just ran this on two servers (not in production): sudo do-release-upgrade or if you're on a server sudo do-release-upgrade -d although they don't recommend doing that on a production server because the .1 release usually has a lot of bugfixes. It took about half an hour followed by a reboot. Occasionally had to intervene to tell it to overwrite config files I hadn't touched or to let me do a merge if I had. Obviously make sure you have backups first.
• majewsky 10y ago
  If you don't feel a particular urge to upgrade right now, it's probably not a bad idea to wait for the first service pack (16.04.1), which usually comes a few months later. Most kinks should be ironed out by then.
• Rezo 10y ago
  Per the release notes [0], upgrades from 14.04 aren't enabled. They will be enabled with the 16.04.1 LTS release, in 3 months time. [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes
• pkaye 10y ago
  I always wait a month before upgrading/reinstalling. I have done upgrades in the past through multiple versions and they generally go smoothly but there might a minor glitch or two that requires manual intervention to fix (usually solved though search google for advice.) Another thing I've done is keep /home on a separate partition so I can nuke everything else for a clean install if needed. In such cases, I backup the /etc directory beforehand to recover configuration details as needed.
• rawfan 10y ago
  Just failed for me on two desktop systems (one 14.04 and one 15.10).