Ubuntu does not find the 16.04 upgrade

[Uberjannie]

Hello,

I have updated all my Linux installations this weekend, but my main workstation does not find an upgrade.
Tried switching the update settings to "any version" instead of Long Term Support version - And then it only finds 15.x. Switched it back to LTS, then nothing.

What is going on? I'd prefer to get my main workstation up and running to the newest LTS. Could do a fresh install, but I would prefer to try an upgrade first.

[Topsiho]

As far as I know you'll get the notification that a new 16.04 LTS version is available when the first point release (16.04.1) is out, which will be after some months. Reason is that in 16.04 some bugs may still be hiding, that hopefully will be squeezed by then. Running the newest LTS version on your main workstation is equivalent to running 14.04 LTS :) right now.

Topsiho

[Uberjannie]

Ah. That makes sense. I was just wondering, considering all my other Ubuntu based installations got the 16.04 LTS at the release date (kubuntu and xubuntu). It just felt weird that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS did not get the upgrade offer.

I will just hang on to 14.04 until 16.04.1 then :)
It is not like I am in a hurry. I believe that 14.04 is supported until april 2019. But I might be wrong on that.

Thanks for the reply.

[howefield]

You are correct about 14.04 being supported till 2019 (unless you are running one of the limited support HWE stacks)

The release notes for 16.04 document the upgrade path from 14.04 here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes#Upgrading_from_Ubuntu_14.04_LTS_or_15 .10