[13:38] <xu-help21w> hi everyone
[13:40] <xu-help21w> has anyone tried to do-release-upgrade from xu 18.04 ==> 20.04 recently? I just tried and it doesn't work, looks like  release-upgrade is not picking up the new xubuntu version (apt update&upgrade&dist-upgrade was run beforehand)
[13:40] <xu-help21w> and /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades is set to "Prompt=lts"
[13:41] <xu-help21w> also tried the GUI as per https://docs.xubuntu.org/2004/user/en_GB/migrating-upgrading.html#upgrading
[13:42] <xu-help21w> looks like either a bug or I'm missing something...has anyone come across this issue before?
[13:44] <xu-help21w> do-release-upgrade says "there is no development version of an LTS available" - I'll try with --devel-release to see if that makes any difference
[13:57] <brainwash> xu-help21w: the route goes like this: 18.04.x ==> 20.04.1
[13:58] <brainwash> and 20.04.1 was not released yet
[14:58] <JavierSpain> hello
[14:58] <JavierSpain> it's xubuntu better than lubuntu for old laptops?
[14:59] <xu-help21w> hi brainwash thanks for the info
[14:59] <xu-help21w> actually i made it work wih do-release-upgrade
[15:00] <xu-help21w> 18.04==>19==>20.04
[15:00] <xu-help21w> by setting /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades is set to "Prompt=normal"
[15:01] <xu-help21w> so basically in 2 incremental steps
[15:02] <xu-help21w> right now its upgrading to 20.04 - if this goes well I'll confirm back here
[15:03] <xu-help21w> FYI - so far by doing this 2 step upgrade process it hasn't caused any issues with my dual-boot windows setup
[15:03] <xu-help21w> with uefi
[15:03] <xu-help21w> hopefully at the end of the upgrade process this remains the same :D
[15:29] <xu-help21w> upgrade has been finished and everything looks ok
[15:30] <xu-help21w> so anyone who wants to do in-place upgrade of Xubuntu Desktop from 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS should consider setting /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades: "Prompt=normal"
[15:31] <xu-help21w> and run do-release-upgrade twice
[15:31] <xu-help21w> the result should be a fully working 20.04LTS Xubuntu
[15:32] <xu-help21w> JavierSpain "better" is a dangerous word as it depends on the context
[15:32] <xu-help21w> what does it mean "better" for you?
[15:33] <xu-help21w> is it better hardwre support? or lower resource usage? or better applications?
[15:34] <xu-help21w> if you define what "better" means better (sorry for the pun) perhaps we can help you a bit better
[15:34] <xu-help21w> :)
[15:59] <JavierSpain> thanks for the phylosophical explanation
[16:00] <JavierSpain> the point its that for my acer 5610z works better lubuntu, and i expected that xubuntu would work better.