I upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04 both LTS editions. I am keen on staying on the more stable line of linux and doing what's less audacious. I am trying to upgrade from one long term support release to another LTS to see if that kind of upgrade choice has improved. I did a "do-release-upgrade -d" procedure and in the back of my mind I entertained dark thoughts of upgrading to a "d" release even though Ubuntu 22.04 has been officially released.
What I actually did was: (1) looked at my /home directory and my files. Made sure these are backed up/ sync to somewhere else not your local computer, the computer I am upgrading. (2) #apt update && #apt upgrade. These dual commands updates all packages in my current Ubuntu version. (3) #apt autoremove. This command removes all packages that are no longer necessary. (4) #do-release-upgrade -d. This is the command that actually upgrades Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04. It upgrades the old ubuntu to the new ubuntu. The "d" flag is necessary to force the upgrade.
To force the upgrade is a strong set of words to use here. It merely reminds you that these course of action has risk involved. The more thoughtful choice would be to install a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 downloaded off the verified mirrors of Canonical. Two reasons I can't do this are that I don't have a separate /home partition and I am using the experimental Ubuntu 20.04 ZFS on root version.
The upgrade finished after 45 minutes. I reboot to Ubuntu 22.04 with the jellyfish screen. And the splash screen was great. I entered my password to start my session. Dash-to-dock the GNOME extension isn't working and not compatible with the current GNOME version. I switched to the Ubuntu dock and I'm back.
The online accounts needed to be filled out again and authenticated. I found this out after I started Evolution. No problem to Thunderbird because it doesn't rely on the Online Accounts.
Firefox is stuck on troubleshooting mode. All add-ons are disabled and I can't troubleshoot it and I can't understand what's wrong. I can open websites and do my business just without the add-ons. Made me think how much I really need those add-ons.
I switched from the dark mode to the light mode to check the difference. I noticed how great the icons look now. It's the little things.
Something more profound with regard to workflow is the change from the vertical to the horizontal workspaces. I'm a big workspaces fan. I use the Cntrl+Alt--> keyset all the time. I wonder if any GNOME extension can revert this back to vertical.
So all in all, the basics are fine and I can work with Ubuntu 22.04. Firefox is still stuck in troubleshooting mode though. None of my personal files are missing. All my applications and services (mega sync) are working.
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