Basically the headline. I‘ve been told by a colleague to not upgrade ubuntu immediately but wait for a couple months for bugixes and such. Is that correct?

I‘m currently on 23.04.

  • anime_ted@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    It’s generally a good idea to wait a bit. That way you let early adopters discover and report any problems the developers missed and give the devs time to patch them. You then get the benefit of their testing and should end up with a more stable system when you eventually do upgrade.

    There is also a very small chance that someone will find a major issue that could break the update in a non-recoverable way. If you wait, that person is much less likely to be you.

    • Haui@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Thanks for your answer! I‘ll definitely wait a bit after reading the comments here. It totally makes sense now. I figured, as you update drivers for your gpu regularly or your apps, updating the OS sooner would make sense but yes, some things might be breaking with a big build like this. Have a good one. :)

    • olympicyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Good point. I’d also suggest to op that they keep their home directory on a separate volume and keep a run book of the changes they make to their system.

    • Haui@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      Thanks but that wasn’t the question. I know I have to upgrade. The question was, should I upgrade now or wait for end of life of 23.04?

  • confusedwiseman@beehaw.orgEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    Why are you upgrading? Are you after a specific feature? Are you aware of any security vulnerabilities not addressed?

    Is there anything you want from the new version now that’s worth the risk of finding some bugs?

    Sometimes you just wanna upgrade, because it’s fun.

    Though if you must have stability because you need the machine to just work because it’s the only one you have for work/school, I’d say wait till closer to EOL.

    • Haui@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      There’s not really anything I‘ve been waiting for impatiently so I guess there is no need to rush it.

      It’s not the „only“ machine I can use for work but it would definitely disrupt things if it wasn’t working.

      Thanks. I‘ll keep your words in mind and wait a bit longer.