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I just installed Ubuntu Desktop and got everything setup, but I realized this is the LTS version. Is there any way to change to the latest version to ensure I get all the latest updates instead of staying on LTS or is this not possible without a re-installation?

bicycle4431
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    Ubuntu has two upgrade paths, from one release to the next (ie. 20.04 to 20.10), or from a LTS to the next LTS (ie. 20.04 will be able to go to 22.04 after the release of 22.04.1). – guiverc May 07 '21 at 00:38
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    You can upgrade via re-install which allows you to skip releases, otherwise 20.04 will upgrade to 20.10, then you can reboot & checkout your 20.10 system, once you know it's good perform another upgrade and reach 21.04. FYI: You didn't say if desktop or server, upgrade via re-install works best with desktop systems as some server apps store configs in system directories which are erased prior to package-install during the re-install.. Desktop configs being in $HOME aren't touched unless you select 'format' & thus clean-install. – guiverc May 07 '21 at 00:40
  • If you want to upgrade to 21.04 then the path will be 20.04->20.10->21.04 for which go to software and updates then in the updates section change the setting to notify me for any new version and go to Software update and update your system after all update you will be provided with an option to upgrade to next non LTS release. The better way as said by @guiverc will be to reinstall. – Parag Katoch May 07 '21 at 00:54
  • This is desktop, sorry forgot to mention that. – bicycle4431 May 07 '21 at 00:58
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    FYI: The upgrade via re-install is to use Manual Partitioning/Something-else/Manual and select your existing partitions but do not format any... it causes the installer to note your installed packages, erase system directories, perform the install, then attempt to add-back your additional packages (if they're available for the new release; you get an error if some cannot be re-installed). I love and test this method regularly (we QA-test it in Lubuntu, so I know it works on hirsute, but it's not a QA-test for main Ubuntu so whilst I've used it, I can't recall when last). – guiverc May 07 '21 at 01:18
  • http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/423/builds/229820/testcases/1701/results shows a link to one of the QA-tests of what I mention (d780 box; clementine being software I tested for as it's not included on the Lubuntu ISO but was present & setup was correct post-install despite the re-install).. the d755-5 test also used that option (from testing checklist but it's less clear from iso.qa. logs due to how written; lack of errors was the key bit as packages on prior system were re-added; again not on Lubuntu ISO) – guiverc May 07 '21 at 01:46

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