From Ubuntu 18.10 to 18.04 LTS

[Eddie Paul Litz]

If I were to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.10 once it's released & use it for it's full support days & once it's support is over how would I revert back to 18.04.1 or would I have to reinstall it over 18.10?

 

[wizardfromoz]

Why not just upgrade from 18.10 to 19.04?

Wizard

 

[Eddie Paul Litz]

Why not just upgrade from 18.10 to 19.04?

Wizard

I could do that as long as it's released b4 18.10 support runs out.

 

[Eddie Paul Litz]

Why not just upgrade from 18.10 to 19.04?

Wizard

Do you know if 19.04 will be released b4 18.10 support runs out?

 

[atanere]

https://www.ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle

 

[Eddie Paul Litz]

If I have this right, every new Standard & LTS Versions get released every 6 months?

 

[atanere]

If I have this right, every new Standard & LTS Versions get released every 6 months?

18.04 + 6 months = 18.10 ... yep, that's right. And that's why it is 18.10 and not 18.1. That trailing zero has meaning. All Ubuntu versions end with .04 (April release) or .10 (October release). There is always 6 months between them (unless they decide to change it later).

And the interim life cycles are 9 months long. So as the chart in my link showed you, there is a 3-month overlap between cycles (excluding the LTS cycles). This allows you plenty of time to upgrade to the new one before the old one reaches end-of-life.

 

[Eddie Paul Litz]

Okay, I think I give the "Any New Version" on Ubuntu a try & see how it goes.

 

[Deleted member 58530]

If you don't need the latest hardware drivers why not just use Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS version.

http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/

 

[atanere]

If I were to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.10 once it's released & use it for it's full support days & once it's support is over how would I revert back to 18.04.1 or would I have to reinstall it over 18.10?

If you later want to "downgrade" back to the 18.04 LTS series, you will probably have to reinstall. But as long as you move forward you should be okay.

 

[wizardfromoz]

If I have this right, every new Standard & LTS Versions get released every 6 months?

Not quite right.

The LTS are released every 2 years, in April. They have 5 years support. The other three are point releases, which have a 9 month lifespan for support.

Wizard

 

[atanere]

Not quite right.

I read into that incorrectly... I thought he meant that "something" was being newly released every 6 months.

Cheers

 

[lekkerlinux]

I am using Lubuntu 18.04 now and like to at some point switch to Kubuntu. It's just a shame that these Ubuntu flavors only get 3 years support for the LTS versions.

 

[atanere]

It's just a shame that these Ubuntu flavors only get 3 years support for the LTS versions.

As @wizardfromoz noted above, the LTS versions are supported for 5 years, not 3. Check out:
https://www.ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle

Cheers

 

[wizardfromoz]

Allegedly, and this may vary from Distro and Family to Distro and Family - with the 5 years' LTS, it is 5 years software support, and the first 2.5 years is hardware support.

Wiz

 

[lekkerlinux]

As @wizardfromoz noted above, the LTS versions are supported for 5 years, not 3. Check out:
https://www.ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle

Cheers

I was referring to Kubuntu and Lubuntu LTS versions, supported for 3 years. Ubuntu 18.04 will be supported for ten years according to one article I read. This announcement was made by Mark Shuttleworth. Can't be sure if it's true.

https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-18-04-ten-year-support/

 

[wizardfromoz]

This from Ask Ubuntu

The Ubuntu BASE has a 5 year support on ALL releases specified as LTS. The distribution specific software (ie. LXDE desktop, KDE desktop) have a 3 year support -from Canonical-.

Also mind that those 5 years are divided into 2 parts:

• 2 1/2 years: hardware and maintenance
• 2 1/2 years: maintenance

The 3 year LTS versions are supposed to start to prepare the newly released LTS (since that one is released every 2 years).

https://askubuntu.com/questions/967...lts-support-end-sooner-than-the-official-ubun

So I've learned something (which I usually do every day in this wonderful world of Linux)

Thanks @lekkerlinux

Wiz

 

[atanere]

So I've learned something (which I usually do every day in this wonderful world of Linux)

Ditto for me.... thanks @lekkerlinux!

Cheers

 

[lekkerlinux]

Pleasure to you all! I read so many conflicting reports about what is stable and what is not and various support time frames, I would just chosen Ubuntu, but it is still as ugly as in 2014 when I started using Linux. No offense to anyone, I just prefer a minimal desktop.

 

[wizardfromoz]

Hey Lekker

Verging off-topic here -

but it is still as ugly as in 2014 when I started using Linux. No offense to anyone, I just prefer a minimal desktop.

Agree with you if you are talking "standard" Ubuntu, aka Ubuntu Desktop aka Ubuntu GNOME (the DE you were using in 2014 was Unity, based on GNOME)

But there also Ubuntu MATE (which I quite like) and Ubuntu Budgie, which is more minimalistic in its desktop.

https://ubuntu-mate.org/download/

https://ubuntubudgie.org/downloads

Always plenty of choices in Linux

Wizard