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alanwalterthomas
October 27th, 2018, 05:56 PM
I have an old 32-bit machine running xubuntu 18.04. I'd like to upgrade it to 18.10.

do-release-upgrade

tells me that 32-bit upgrades from 18.04 are not supported.

Xubuntu still has a 18.10 32-bit image available, but I'd like to avoid a fresh install if possible. Is there any way?

oldfred
October 28th, 2018, 04:32 AM
How old is system?
What brand/model & what cpu?
Most in last 10 years support 64 bit.

But if you stay with 18.04, you have 5 years before it reaches EOF - end of life. 18.10 only has 9 months.
I keep each LTS version as my main working install, even if I install one of the interim versions, just to see differences.