[ale] upgrading to ubuntu yakkety

[DJ-Pfulio]

There is a non-GUI way to change this. I just didn't look it up.

I purge the ubuntu-distro-update-nag crap during initial setup and only
run LTS distros, so this new default setting is perfect. ;)

But you and I aren't normal desktop Ubuntu users. Those nice folks want
a GUI. I won't fault Canonical for providing it. Choice is good, right?

On 12/02/2016 08:57 AM, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> Imagine a world without GUIs.  These guys and their mouses.
> 
> —j
> 
> 
>> On Dec 1, 2016, at 3:52 PM, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 12/01/2016 05:22 PM, Phil Turmel wrote:
>>> On 12/01/2016 02:01 PM, Todor Fassl wrote:
>>>> I don't understand why I can't update a ubuntu 16.04 to ubuntu 16.10 via
>>>> typeing "do-release-upgrade".  Ubuntu 16.10 isn't what's called a
>>>> development release, is it? Maybe do-release-upgrade works only on
>>>> ubuntu server? I am indeed running ubuntu desktop.
>>>
>>> 16.04 is an LTS release.  do-release-upgrade on LTS versions will only
>>> upgrade to the next LTS.  In this case, presumably, 18.04.
>>
>> There is a setting somewhere in the package manage stuff which allows only LTS
>> --> LTS upgrades. With 16.04 that was made the default for LTS releases.
>>
>> Found an answer on AskUbuntu.com ...
>> https://askubuntu.com/questions/125612/update-manager-doesnt-offer-an-upgrade-to-the-new-release
>>
>> gksu software-properties-gtk
>> Tab to "Updates"
>> Last item in the list - notify me about new relases ... make it "for any new
>> release"
>>
>> Then you should sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade ; reboot if needed, then sudo
>> do-release-upgrade
>>