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I have Ubuntu 16.04, and I would like to upgrade it to the new Ubuntu 18 Budgie

In order to do that, should I first upgrade Ubuntu to 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver and then install the Budgie Desktop?

Is that the same as installing Ubuntu Budgie from scratch?

How can I do that when I already have Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity? How may I uninstall unity and use Budgie instead?

Thanks for your help!

Artur Meinild
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Rosamunda
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Your steps will look like:

  1. Upgrade to 18.04 LTS

  2. Install Ubuntu Budgie Desktop package with 

    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Then you can decide to remove or save Unity session from the system. The difference from clean installation of Budgie is that you will have 3 sessions in the system - Unity, GNOME and Budgie. Removing Unity-related packages is not too easy task.

N0rbert
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  • Isn't a fresh install better for OP? – George Udosen May 05 '18 at 09:33
  • Sorry for the silly question, but what's OP? – Rosamunda May 05 '18 at 14:36
  • George asks you (OP - original poster) and me about doing clean installation. Because of "Removing Unity-related packages is not too easy task." I think. – N0rbert May 05 '18 at 14:47
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    Oh I see! Well, yes, I'm actually thinking about doing a clean install instead :) – Rosamunda May 05 '18 at 15:01
  • After installing Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 from scratch (before I was using 16.04 with Unity) I had to uninstall the nvidia drivers with: sudo apt remove --purge nvidia-*; Otherwise the budgie desktop was not starting. – Akronix Oct 10 '19 at 08:22