> I forget what you current version is. > Ack! I forgot to say, I'm on 15.10.
> Or, if you have 15.10, that version is now replaced by 16.04 (and 15.10 > support will end in about three months, I believe). The upgrade gods > want to switch you to 16.04 before support for 15.10 ends. See > http://xubuntu.org/help/ for details. > That's ok then. As long as 16.04.1 is released before support for 15.10 ends, then I'll wait for 16.04.1. I was under the impression that 16.04.0 was just for new installs, not for upgrades from non-LTS versions. Thanks for your help. On 06/05/16 16:13, Victor Forberger wrote: > On 05/06/2016 01:59 AM, Ian Prideaux wrote: >> On 28/04/16 14:17, Victor Forberger wrote: >>> 16.04 is an LTS release. But, an upgrade path from the previous LTS -- >>> 14.04 -- to 16.04 will not become formalized (i.e., accessible) until >>> the first point release is ready -- 16.04.1. >>> >> >> Yes, that was how I understood it to be. However, Every time I start my >> machine I get a popup saying "Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Upgrade Available. A new >> version of Ubuntu is available. Would you like to upgrade?" and offering >> me the options "Don't Upgrade", "Ask Me Later", "Yes, Upgrade Now". >> >> I always click "Ask Me Later". >> If I'm not supposed to upgrade yet, then why does it keep asking? >> If I click "Don't Upgrade", will it stop asking me until 16.04.01, or >> will it never ask me again? >> Why does it say Ubuntu, instead of Xubuntu? >> > I forget what you current version is. > > If you had a beta of 16.04, it looks like the original installation from > the 16.04 beta was incomplete. The upgrade gods want to complete that > installation. > > Or, if you have 15.10, that version is now replaced by 16.04 (and 15.10 > support will end in about three months, I believe). The upgrade gods > want to switch you to 16.04 before support for 15.10 ends. See > http://xubuntu.org/help/ for details. > > If you have a version of 14.04, then you should NOT be seeing the > upgrade notice until 16.04.1 is ready. > > I recall that versions of Xubuntu circa 2011 or so used to just say > upgrade to Ubuntu when a new version of Xubuntu came along (Xubuntu is > built on Ubuntu and shares many common files after all -- the big > difference is in the choice of window manager and desktop environment). > I thought that recent upgrades now asked specifically about upgrading > Xubuntu. So, it could be that the "Xubuntu" upgrade has always stated > Ubuntu or the upgrade wording refers to Ubuntu right now by accident/bug. > > I'm still on 14.04.something and am down to one computer (my laptop with > Xubuntu run virtually). So, I don't have direct access to any upgrade > questions or answers at the moment. > > - Victor > > > -- > Victor Forberger > [email protected] > blog: http://linuxatty.wordpress.com > > > > -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
