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open4epl
July 28th, 2018, 04:31 PM
If I were to upgrade to 18.10, will there be a way to go back to 18.04.1 w/out losing any installed apps & customizations?

mc4man
July 28th, 2018, 04:38 PM
If I were to upgrade to 18.10, will there be a way to go back to 18.04.1 w/out losing any installed apps & customizations?
There is no easy way to go back to 18.04 at all. The most likely way would be to re-install 18.04.1.
(- though there is a way to re-install & have your home directory untouched.

Autodave
July 28th, 2018, 04:46 PM
18.04 is a LTS (long term service) release. That means that it will be supplied with security and other updates for 5 years. The next LTS will be 20.04. In the interim, any other release will only be covered until the next release is available. 18.10 (which will come out in October of this year) will only be covered until 19.04 comes out in April 2019. 19.04 until 19.10, etc.

Unless you need the cutting edge of Linux, stay with the LTS releases.