{"id":32868,"date":"2020-10-23T15:12:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T15:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=32868"},"modified":"2020-10-23T15:12:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T15:12:38","slug":"upgrade-ubuntu-20-04-to-ubuntu-20-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/10\/upgrade-ubuntu-20-04-to-ubuntu-20-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 20.10 Released! How to Upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 20.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/upgrade-ubuntu245.png\" alt=\"Ubuntu 18.04\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6103\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla was officially released! Here&#8217;s how to upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 20.10 will be supported for 9 months until July 2021. It features <b>Linux Kernel 5.8<\/b>, <b>desktop images for Raspberry Pi 4<\/b>, and <b>GNOME 3.38<\/b> on Ubuntu Desktop.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Airtime Queue limits for better WiFi connection quality<\/li>\n<li>USB 4 (Thunderbolt 3 protocol) support added<\/li>\n<li>Intel Gen11 (Ice Lake) and Gen12 (Tiger Lake) graphics support<\/li>\n<li>Initial support for AMD Family 19h (Zen 3)<\/li>\n<li>Initial support for POWER10<\/li>\n<li>Toolchain update: GCC 10, LLVM 11, Python 3.8.6, etc.<\/li>\n<li>nftables is now the default backend for the firewall.<\/li>\n<li>The latest OpenStack, updated apps, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Upgrade Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 20.10:<\/h3>\n<p>Ubuntu 20.10 ISO images are available to download at <a href=\"http:\/\/releases.ubuntu.com\/20.10\/\" target=\"_blank\">releases.ubuntu.com\/20.10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to upgrade to Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla from Ubuntu 20.04, do following steps one by one.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Back up all your important data. And you may also create a system restore point via TimeShift which is available in Ubuntu Software.<\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Open <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> and do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>select download from Main Server in the first tab.<\/li>\n<li>disable all third-party PPAs in the second tab.<\/li>\n<li>select &#8216;Notify me of a new Ubuntu version: <b>For any version<\/b>&#8216; in the third tab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/notify-any-ubuntu-version.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"285\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/notify-any-ubuntu-version.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/notify-any-ubuntu-version-450x214.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Open <b>Software Updater<\/b> and install all system updates! Restart after installation if it asks.<\/p>\n<p><b>4.<\/b> Open <b>Software Updater<\/b> again, and it should prompt that Ubuntu 20.10 is available to upgrade.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ubuntu2010-upgrade.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"280\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ubuntu2010-upgrade.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ubuntu2010-upgrade-450x210.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>5.<\/b> Click on the Upgrade&#8230; button. Type your password when it prompts. You will be presented with the Release Notes for the release you\u2019re about to upgrade to.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ubuntu2010-releasenote.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"441\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ubuntu2010-releasenote.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ubuntu2010-releasenote-450x331.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on the Upgrade button. It will download the upgrading tool and show you a <i>Distribution Upgrade<\/i> window allows you to monitor progress. If everything goes OK, you&#8217;ll be prompted to restart the system to complete the upgrade.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla was officially released! Here&#8217;s how to upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Ubuntu 20.10 will be supported for 9 months until July 2021. It features Linux Kernel 5.8, desktop images for Raspberry Pi 4, and GNOME 3.38 on Ubuntu Desktop. Other changes include: Airtime Queue limits for better WiFi connection quality USB [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1992],"class_list":["post-32868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-ubuntu-20-10"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}