I bought my first computer in 1980 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It had a Z80 at 4 MHz, 64K of RAM and two 8-inch floppy disks of 600K Bytes.
I bought my current laptop in 2018. It came with Windows 10. On it I installed Linux, more specifically Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Long-Term Support).
For the last 6 years, I did not upgrade this version of Ubuntu.
Recently, I was getting hints that it was time to upgrade, as some apps were threatening to stop working on Ubuntu 18.04.
To upgrade, I needed to do it in three steps: first to 20.04, then to 22.04, and finally to 24.04.
Before upgrading, I saved most of my files on a 128 GB USB flash drive, that I bought at Walmart for CAD$25. Incidentally, I bought my first USB flash drive in Beijing some 20 years ago: it had a capacity of 250 MB and I am sure that it cost me more than $25.
So, I first upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with no problem in less than two hours, with no problem.
From 20.04, I upgraded to 22.04: again I had no problem.
However, when I upgraded to 24.04 LTS, I was no longer able to boot any version of Ubuntu because of corruption in the booting process.
Fortunately, I could still boot Windows 10.
As I had not updated Windows for some times, I had to spend several hours to update it, with several restarts of my computer.
Then, I was able to download Ubuntu 20.04.LTS and put it on another 128 GB USB flash drive as an ISO file.
I had to find the way for my laptop to boot directly from the flash drive. There is no standard way to do it for different brands of computer.
Finally, I was able to boot from the flash drive and to install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on my six year old laptop.
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I just take all the Ubuntu updates so I get the latest stuff. My PC is not mission critical for anything, so I'm not too worried about things breaking. I did have some graphics glitches after an upgrade didn't complete properly, but that resolved itself eventually.
I also have Ubuntu, on the recommendation of a friend, he told me how to install it from a pendrive, and since I did it a few years ago, I have never updated it, however, I just checked what version I have, I realized that I'm on 22.04.2
That's quite a journey with your laptop and Ubuntu upgrades.
It's amazing how technology has advanced over the years, especially when you think back to your first computer in 1980.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
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That was pretty early, I used almost two decades after.
It's good that you were finally able to update.
You bought the computer in 1980 when I was not even born
Hope your laptop performs very well
I've never used any other OS other than windows eversince I bought my first PC in the 90s.
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