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Newbie Ubuntu user here. Currently I have the 16.04LTS (I don't know if mine is 16.04.1 but I downloaded and installed this version of mine the day 16.04LTS off

Newbie Ubuntu user here. Currently I have the 16.04LTS (I don't know if mine is 16.04.1 but I downloaded and installed this version of mine the day 16.04LTS officialy released last April 2016). Should I upgrade to 16.04.2? If so, how? I mean, do I have to download the 16.04.2 installer or is there a update command?

8draco8 10y ago
sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade will do it for you. To check what version you are on simple do cat /etc/os-release
- runejuhl 10y ago
  Or, for a more cross-distro approach, `lsb_release -a`, although it requires the `lsb-release` package installed.
  - 8draco8 10y ago
    Truly cross distro is cat /etc/* release
pilif 10y ago
No need. Just keep installing the regular updates to your OS. These minor releases are just new installer images so that new users don't immediately have to download a huge chunk of data.
imglorp 10y ago
You can run the Sofware Updater any time you want, including setting it to run automatically. https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/upgrade https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/upgrade
- reefwalkcuts 10y ago
  I actually run that every morning. So good to know :)
theandrewbailey 10y ago
If you can ssh into your machine, it will tell you in the initial welcome message. I've been running it on my server since soon after release (I've only ever updated), and I've just now logged into it: Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-62-generic x86_64)
simosx 10y ago
Your Ubuntu will be automatically updated to 16.04.2 when the next package update kicks in. You probably had some updates around Tuesday which upgraded you to status "16.04.2" (run "lsb_release -a" in a terminal to verify). Yesterday it was only the ISO images that were released. The important issue with 16.04.2 is that you can now decide easily upgrade the Linux kernel from the original 4.4 version, to the new 4.8 version. This 4.8 Linux kernel version was released in Ubuntu 16.10 (Oct 2016) and it has been promoted to the new kernel for 16.04.2. May sound complex :-). There is a nice graphic in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack that explains it well.

8draco8 10y ago

sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade will do it for you. To check what version you are on simple do cat /etc/os-release

runejuhl 10y ago
Or, for a more cross-distro approach, `lsb_release -a`, although it requires the `lsb-release` package installed.
- 8draco8 10y ago
  Truly cross distro is cat /etc/* release

pilif 10y ago

No need. Just keep installing the regular updates to your OS. These minor releases are just new installer images so that new users don't immediately have to download a huge chunk of data.

imglorp 10y ago

You can run the Sofware Updater any time you want, including setting it to run automatically. https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/upgrade https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/upgrade

reefwalkcuts 10y ago
I actually run that every morning. So good to know :)

theandrewbailey 10y ago

If you can ssh into your machine, it will tell you in the initial welcome message. I've been running it on my server since soon after release (I've only ever updated), and I've just now logged into it: Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-62-generic x86_64)

simosx 10y ago

Your Ubuntu will be automatically updated to 16.04.2 when the next package update kicks in. You probably had some updates around Tuesday which upgraded you to status "16.04.2" (run "lsb_release -a" in a terminal to verify). Yesterday it was only the ISO images that were released. The important issue with 16.04.2 is that you can now decide easily upgrade the Linux kernel from the original 4.4 version, to the new 4.8 version. This 4.8 Linux kernel version was released in Ubuntu 16.10 (Oct 2016) and it has been promoted to the new kernel for 16.04.2. May sound complex :-). There is a nice graphic in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack that explains it well.