I’m on Ubuntu Studio 24.04.3 LTS (Noble). I chose this over the newer 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) since 24 has support through 2027, and 25 only has it until Jan 2026. I figured this was the smarter move.
However, as was mentioned by one of you lovely people in my last post, some of my issues may be fixed in 25.04. My taskbar just froze up, and I found a sort of fix to restart Plasma, and it was mentioned this is fixed in Plasma 6, which is in 25.04. That said, I’m terrified of ruining everything haha, so I have more questions:
1: I’m assuming (hoping) this wouldn’t be a full wipe and start over? It should just upgrade right?
2: Do I need to do the whole USB route, and if so is there an option to keep everything (I’m hoping, I put a LOT of work into this so far and I don’t remember if that was an option on first install).
3: I remember a few apps I installed were specific to Noble, will this break those apps?
4: It seems like there should be an option to upgrade from the desktop, but I don’t have that option. If I run
plasma-distro-release-notifier
I should get an update notification right? In which case I can just say “hell yeah!” and it’ll do its thing?
I really appreciate all of you, you’ve made a super stressful experience slightly less stressful so cheers to you all!
The reason you pick an LTS release is so you get Long Term Support.
Use the support.
By moving to a non-LTS, you not only reduce the duration you get support, you also increase the frequency of doing updates. This is not desirable while you’re learning.
It’s not how long you get support, it’s how long that version of the OS is going to be supported by the maintainers for stuff like security updates. The reason you would choose an LTS release is because you don’t want an apt update to switch to a kernel version (or any other package version) that borks a production server.
What is an Ubuntu LTS release?
An Ubuntu LTS is a commitment from Canonical to support and maintain a version of Ubuntu for ten years, with the initial five years available for free following Ubuntu’s mission. In April, every two years, we release a new LTS where all of the developments from the previous two years accumulate into one up-to-date, feature-rich release. These releases focus on performance enhancement and stability. The LTS is what we recommend to large scale enterprises, general users and businesses. However, for more dynamic users, every six months throughout those two years there are also developer releases. These releases are kept up-to-date and relevant, with the latest and greatest contributions, but are only supported for nine months at a time.
Source: https://ubuntu.com/blog/what-is-an-ubuntu-lts-release
You guys are talking about two different things.
Ubuntu provides maintenance on LTS versions for up to 10 years.(you) They do not provide tech support to users.(borari)