I installed an alpha or beta, am I up to date with the final release if I keep upgrading?
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I installed an Ubuntu alpha or beta and have been keeping it up to date.
So, Should I presume that my system has automatically updated to the next alpha or beta, and will be running the official release when it's finished?
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I installed an Ubuntu alpha or beta and have been keeping it up to date.
So, Should I presume that my system has automatically updated to the next alpha or beta, and will be running the official release when it's finished?
upgrade release-management
edited Apr 13 '12 at 16:36
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asked Oct 10 '10 at 16:30
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up vote
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up vote
58
down vote
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I installed an Ubuntu alpha or beta and have been keeping it up to date.
So, Should I presume that my system has automatically updated to the next alpha or beta, and will be running the official release when it's finished?
upgrade release-management
edited Apr 13 '12 at 16:36
Jorge Castro
34.6k104421614
asked Oct 10 '10 at 16:30
Akshar Patel
5662616
I installed an Ubuntu alpha or beta and have been keeping it up to date.
So, Should I presume that my system has automatically updated to the next alpha or beta, and will be running the official release when it's finished?
upgrade release-management
edited Apr 13 '12 at 16:36
Jorge Castro
34.6k104421614
asked Oct 10 '10 at 16:30
Akshar Patel
5662616
edited Apr 13 '12 at 16:36
Jorge Castro
34.6k104421614
edited Apr 13 '12 at 16:36
Jorge Castro
34.6k104421614
edited Apr 13 '12 at 16:36
Jorge Castro
34.6k104421614
34.6k104421614
asked Oct 10 '10 at 16:30
Akshar Patel
5662616
asked Oct 10 '10 at 16:30
Akshar Patel
5662616
asked Oct 10 '10 at 16:30
Akshar Patel
5662616
5662616
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The beta uses the repositories as they are updated -- it is not a fixed snapshot of Ubuntu as it was when the beta was released.
If there are no more updates to be installed, then congratulations! You are running the final Ubuntu release. There is nothing else you need to do.
Here, have a totally simplified, consumer-side view of a release I hacked together in ten minutes:
In this chart, when you run apt-get update, you discover there is a next dot you can hop to. When you run apt-get upgrade you hop to it. Version numbers are attached to some dots and cd images are made for that. The gold release is just one hop like any other one. Upgrading distros changes the line you are in.
edited Mar 9 '17 at 18:04
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You may want to add that anywhere along a repo's timeline that the next set of repos exist, will let you runsudo upgrade-manager -dto change to the next higher set of repos, in this case to the 11.04 ones. You will also go straight (or nearly so) to the current update of 11.04. You do not need to dist-upgrade via an alpha/beta release if there are later ones available.
– BeowulfNode42
Apr 5 '14 at 2:50
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Seems like your image is gone. Would you mind uploading it to stack.imgur instead?
– wjandrea
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No; the normal upgrade process will keep you up to date.
answered Mar 29 '11 at 13:52
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As psusi mentioned you will stay up to date via synaptics. However, one word of warning. Back up your config files just in case. I have had updates destroy my xorg.conf before and ended up having to reinstall. Wasn't a huge deal, but hours of custimization work was undone.
– Ctuchik
Mar 29 '11 at 15:44
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2 Answers
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active
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active
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up vote
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The beta uses the repositories as they are updated -- it is not a fixed snapshot of Ubuntu as it was when the beta was released.
If there are no more updates to be installed, then congratulations! You are running the final Ubuntu release. There is nothing else you need to do.
Here, have a totally simplified, consumer-side view of a release I hacked together in ten minutes:
In this chart, when you run apt-get update, you discover there is a next dot you can hop to. When you run apt-get upgrade you hop to it. Version numbers are attached to some dots and cd images are made for that. The gold release is just one hop like any other one. Upgrading distros changes the line you are in.
edited Mar 9 '17 at 18:04
Community♦
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answered Oct 10 '10 at 16:34
badp
5,559113652
1
You may want to add that anywhere along a repo's timeline that the next set of repos exist, will let you runsudo upgrade-manager -dto change to the next higher set of repos, in this case to the 11.04 ones. You will also go straight (or nearly so) to the current update of 11.04. You do not need to dist-upgrade via an alpha/beta release if there are later ones available.
– BeowulfNode42
Apr 5 '14 at 2:50
1
Seems like your image is gone. Would you mind uploading it to stack.imgur instead?
– wjandrea
Apr 7 at 2:36
add a comment |Â
up vote
57
down vote
accepted
The beta uses the repositories as they are updated -- it is not a fixed snapshot of Ubuntu as it was when the beta was released.
If there are no more updates to be installed, then congratulations! You are running the final Ubuntu release. There is nothing else you need to do.
Here, have a totally simplified, consumer-side view of a release I hacked together in ten minutes:
In this chart, when you run apt-get update, you discover there is a next dot you can hop to. When you run apt-get upgrade you hop to it. Version numbers are attached to some dots and cd images are made for that. The gold release is just one hop like any other one. Upgrading distros changes the line you are in.
edited Mar 9 '17 at 18:04
Community♦
1
answered Oct 10 '10 at 16:34
badp
5,559113652
1
You may want to add that anywhere along a repo's timeline that the next set of repos exist, will let you runsudo upgrade-manager -dto change to the next higher set of repos, in this case to the 11.04 ones. You will also go straight (or nearly so) to the current update of 11.04. You do not need to dist-upgrade via an alpha/beta release if there are later ones available.
– BeowulfNode42
Apr 5 '14 at 2:50
1
Seems like your image is gone. Would you mind uploading it to stack.imgur instead?
– wjandrea
Apr 7 at 2:36
add a comment |Â
up vote
57
down vote
accepted
up vote
57
down vote
accepted
The beta uses the repositories as they are updated -- it is not a fixed snapshot of Ubuntu as it was when the beta was released.
If there are no more updates to be installed, then congratulations! You are running the final Ubuntu release. There is nothing else you need to do.
Here, have a totally simplified, consumer-side view of a release I hacked together in ten minutes:
In this chart, when you run apt-get update, you discover there is a next dot you can hop to. When you run apt-get upgrade you hop to it. Version numbers are attached to some dots and cd images are made for that. The gold release is just one hop like any other one. Upgrading distros changes the line you are in.
edited Mar 9 '17 at 18:04
Community♦
1
answered Oct 10 '10 at 16:34
badp
5,559113652
The beta uses the repositories as they are updated -- it is not a fixed snapshot of Ubuntu as it was when the beta was released.
If there are no more updates to be installed, then congratulations! You are running the final Ubuntu release. There is nothing else you need to do.
Here, have a totally simplified, consumer-side view of a release I hacked together in ten minutes:
In this chart, when you run apt-get update, you discover there is a next dot you can hop to. When you run apt-get upgrade you hop to it. Version numbers are attached to some dots and cd images are made for that. The gold release is just one hop like any other one. Upgrading distros changes the line you are in.
edited Mar 9 '17 at 18:04
Community♦
1
answered Oct 10 '10 at 16:34
badp
5,559113652
edited Mar 9 '17 at 18:04
Community♦
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edited Mar 9 '17 at 18:04
Community♦
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edited Mar 9 '17 at 18:04
Community♦
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1
answered Oct 10 '10 at 16:34
badp
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answered Oct 10 '10 at 16:34
badp
5,559113652
answered Oct 10 '10 at 16:34
badp
5,559113652
5,559113652
1
You may want to add that anywhere along a repo's timeline that the next set of repos exist, will let you runsudo upgrade-manager -dto change to the next higher set of repos, in this case to the 11.04 ones. You will also go straight (or nearly so) to the current update of 11.04. You do not need to dist-upgrade via an alpha/beta release if there are later ones available.
– BeowulfNode42
Apr 5 '14 at 2:50
1
Seems like your image is gone. Would you mind uploading it to stack.imgur instead?
– wjandrea
Apr 7 at 2:36
add a comment |Â
1
You may want to add that anywhere along a repo's timeline that the next set of repos exist, will let you runsudo upgrade-manager -dto change to the next higher set of repos, in this case to the 11.04 ones. You will also go straight (or nearly so) to the current update of 11.04. You do not need to dist-upgrade via an alpha/beta release if there are later ones available.
– BeowulfNode42
Apr 5 '14 at 2:50
1
Seems like your image is gone. Would you mind uploading it to stack.imgur instead?
– wjandrea
Apr 7 at 2:36
1
1
You may want to add that anywhere along a repo's timeline that the next set of repos exist, will let you run
sudo upgrade-manager -d to change to the next higher set of repos, in this case to the 11.04 ones. You will also go straight (or nearly so) to the current update of 11.04. You do not need to dist-upgrade via an alpha/beta release if there are later ones available.– BeowulfNode42
Apr 5 '14 at 2:50
You may want to add that anywhere along a repo's timeline that the next set of repos exist, will let you run
sudo upgrade-manager -d to change to the next higher set of repos, in this case to the 11.04 ones. You will also go straight (or nearly so) to the current update of 11.04. You do not need to dist-upgrade via an alpha/beta release if there are later ones available.– BeowulfNode42
Apr 5 '14 at 2:50
1
1
Seems like your image is gone. Would you mind uploading it to stack.imgur instead?
– wjandrea
Apr 7 at 2:36
Seems like your image is gone. Would you mind uploading it to stack.imgur instead?
– wjandrea
Apr 7 at 2:36
add a comment |Â
up vote
10
down vote
No; the normal upgrade process will keep you up to date.
answered Mar 29 '11 at 13:52
psusi
30.5k14786
1
As psusi mentioned you will stay up to date via synaptics. However, one word of warning. Back up your config files just in case. I have had updates destroy my xorg.conf before and ended up having to reinstall. Wasn't a huge deal, but hours of custimization work was undone.
– Ctuchik
Mar 29 '11 at 15:44
add a comment |Â
up vote
10
down vote
No; the normal upgrade process will keep you up to date.
answered Mar 29 '11 at 13:52
psusi
30.5k14786
1
As psusi mentioned you will stay up to date via synaptics. However, one word of warning. Back up your config files just in case. I have had updates destroy my xorg.conf before and ended up having to reinstall. Wasn't a huge deal, but hours of custimization work was undone.
– Ctuchik
Mar 29 '11 at 15:44
add a comment |Â
up vote
10
down vote
up vote
10
down vote
No; the normal upgrade process will keep you up to date.
answered Mar 29 '11 at 13:52
psusi
30.5k14786
No; the normal upgrade process will keep you up to date.
answered Mar 29 '11 at 13:52
psusi
30.5k14786
answered Mar 29 '11 at 13:52
psusi
30.5k14786
answered Mar 29 '11 at 13:52
psusi
30.5k14786
answered Mar 29 '11 at 13:52
psusi
30.5k14786
30.5k14786
1
As psusi mentioned you will stay up to date via synaptics. However, one word of warning. Back up your config files just in case. I have had updates destroy my xorg.conf before and ended up having to reinstall. Wasn't a huge deal, but hours of custimization work was undone.
– Ctuchik
Mar 29 '11 at 15:44
add a comment |Â
1
As psusi mentioned you will stay up to date via synaptics. However, one word of warning. Back up your config files just in case. I have had updates destroy my xorg.conf before and ended up having to reinstall. Wasn't a huge deal, but hours of custimization work was undone.
– Ctuchik
Mar 29 '11 at 15:44
1
1
As psusi mentioned you will stay up to date via synaptics. However, one word of warning. Back up your config files just in case. I have had updates destroy my xorg.conf before and ended up having to reinstall. Wasn't a huge deal, but hours of custimization work was undone.
– Ctuchik
Mar 29 '11 at 15:44
As psusi mentioned you will stay up to date via synaptics. However, one word of warning. Back up your config files just in case. I have had updates destroy my xorg.conf before and ended up having to reinstall. Wasn't a huge deal, but hours of custimization work was undone.
– Ctuchik
Mar 29 '11 at 15:44
add a comment |Â
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