@aja@mathstodon.xyz that linux people love to get in my mentions over things that are absolutely inconsequential to the both of us but i like getting free notifications
@mavica_again @aja
True story: I was using Windows 10 once day, I left my laptop on overnight, the next day when I came back it had upgraded itself to Windows 11. Totally different user interface and everything. I knew Microsoft was pushy about upgrading, but I still was kind of surprised by that. So yeah, I use Windows 11 now.
On my Ubuntu Linux laptop, I have been upgrading (not re-installing) once every 6 months for something like 10 years in a row now.
That is just my experience though. Your mileage may vary, especially if you like distro-hopping or screwing around with the default configurations setup by the distro maintainers.
@ramin_hal9001 @aja@mathstodon.xyz well i'm still on windows 10 enterprise without any mention of windows 11 upgrade, and on the one device i use linux i'm stuck on 18.04 LTS because do-dist-upgrade simply refuses to work without any detailed explanation why
@mavica_again @aja I wish I knew what I could have done to prevent the upgrade to Windows 11. I mean, I don't hate it, but I didn't really want to upgrade. I hear stories from guys like you how you are able to keep using Windows 10 and I wonder what I could have done differently. But I do not use that Windows computer often enough to really dig into it any deeper.
The do-release-ugprade thing only works to upgrade to the very next release. It will not let you skip a version. I believe it has something to do with how they test their upgrade scripts. They can test upgrading from 18.04 to 18.10, or from 18.04 to 20.04, but testing an upgrade from version X to every future version takes way too many resources, so they just do not do it. And they of course won't release an upgrade script unless it has been properly tested.
I am pretty sure there is a way to upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 and then from 20.04 to 22.04, but that involves screwing around with the /etc/apt/sources.list configuration, and it might just be easier to reinstall anyway.
@aja@mathstodon.xyz and they don't like when i use the same arguments they use back against them