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I am trying to upgrade to the newest LTS. What am I missing here?

chris@chris-x1 ~> lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release:    18.04
Codename:   bionic


chris@chris-x1 ~> sudo do-release-upgrade


Checking for a new Ubuntu release
There is no development version of an LTS available.
To upgrade to the latest non-LTS develoment release 
set Prompt=normal in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.

Update with resolution

  1. Run software-properties-gtk
  2. In the Ubuntu Software tab I selected the first 4 checkboxes (probably too many). This updates a bunch of caches
  3. Ran sudo do-release-upgrade

At this point the installation was kinda wonky. I had missing icons and my theme customizations were MIA. Couldn't run upgrades due to broken packages so I ran sudo apt dist-upgrade and this seemed to resolve everything. I can sort out the rest later.

cnizzardini
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    Be patient. It will come. – user535733 Aug 11 '20 at 21:53
  • Do you have your software updates set to notify for new LTS release? – crip659 Aug 11 '20 at 22:04
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    In the duplicate I mention days, and my general rule of thumb is the Tuesday following the release Thursday (as earliest for all releases inc. non-LTS, and we're here now), however this was a LTS and the cycle included python2 EOL, Qt4 EOL... so to ensure stability to existing LTS users, the taps are turned only when it's considered the fewest people possible will have issues, ie. ensuring stability. – guiverc Aug 11 '20 at 22:36
  • Alternatively, You can boot of a Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS ISO! Click Install! You should get options. Select Upgrade from [release] to [release]! Most things will be kept and you will be in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – jdev082 Aug 11 '20 at 22:45
  • Still not allowing me to. If the option is not there by the end of the week I'll do what Jayden W. suggested. – cnizzardini Aug 17 '20 at 02:28
  • upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 is disabeled at the moment,there is a couple of bugs that needs to be solved first.one of the bugs might leave your computer in an unbootable state after the upgrade,so please be patient for a few more days and try again later.(i did read about this a few days back here on ask). – trond hansen Aug 19 '20 at 05:29
  • read my update, too late – cnizzardini Aug 19 '20 at 13:19

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