How to update Ubuntu to a new release
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This tutorial works on Ubuntu or any Ubuntu-based Linux distros like: Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, elementary OS, Zorin OS, KDE neon, Linux Lite, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, and more.
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It is recommended to take a backup of your Linux distro before you start just incase something went wrong.
Type this command in the terminal, and press enter:
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![Image1](/img/release-upgrade/release-upgrade1.png)
then scroll down to the end, and press y then enter from the keyboard
![Image2](/img/release-upgrade/release-upgrade2.png)
After a few seconds a message will appear, press enter to continue
![Image3](/img/release-upgrade/release-upgrade3.png)
A new message will apprear, press y to continue
![Image4](/img/release-upgrade/release-upgrade4.png)
After everything is updated a new message will appear prompting you to remove unnecessary packages, press y then enter.
![Image5](/img/release-upgrade/release-upgrade5.png)
Now, everything is done, press y then enter to restart your machine.
![Image6](/img/release-upgrade/release-upgrade6.png)
After restarting your machine, open Software Sources by typing this command in the terminal:
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Go to Other Software, and check every entry starts with disabled on upgrade to impish except the ones that end with (Source Code) as you see in this picture:
![Image7](/img/release-upgrade/release-upgrade7.png)
Press Close
A new message like this will appear
Press Reload
![Image8](/img/release-upgrade/release-upgrade8.png)
If you got an error like that
![Image9](/img/release-upgrade/release-upgrade9.png)
Select the entry causing the error, and press Edit…
![Image10](/img/release-upgrade/release-upgrade10.png)
![Image11](/img/release-upgrade/release-upgrade11.png)
Change Distrubution from impish to the older one hirsute, then press OK
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impish is the codename for Ubuntu 21.10
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hirsute is the code name for Ubuntu 21.04
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groovy is the code name for Ubuntu 20.10
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focal is the code name for Ubuntu 20.04
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bionic is the code name for Ubuntu 18.04
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