Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) was launched on April 25th, 2024. This new version will be supported for five years until June 2029. The armhf architecture now provides support for the Year 2038 problem. The upgrades include significant updates to core packages like Linux kernel, systemd, Netplan, toolchain upgrades for better development support, enhanced security measures, and performance optimizations. It also has an updated GNOME desktop environment and other default applications. Let us see how to upgrade Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS using the CLI over ssh-based session. Users of Ubuntu 23.10 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 24.04 shortly after its release. However, users of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will only receive the automatic upgrade offer once 24.04.1 LTS becomes available, which is scheduled for August 15 . However, you can force an immediate upgrade using the -d option and jump from 22.04 to 23.10 and then finally to 24.04 LTS. This is until August 15, 2024. After that date, you can directly jump from 22.04 to 24.04 LTS directly. Step 1 - Backup your system Backing up your data before upgrading from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS is vital for two reasons. First, even though...
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