It was time to upgrade to the latest LTS version of Ubuntu on my desktop. I had thought about doing it six months ago, but I don’t need the leading edge functionality and there is always a chance something goes awry.

The upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS from 20.04 was quick and uneventful. I haven’t fully tested everything, but the apps I consistently use (Firefox, Evolution and Joplin) were fine after re-entering my credentials.

The only nit was that the upgrade stopped to ask me questions a couple of times about replacing config files for various things saying that there were differences, but the differences were shown even after I clicked the button. I let the update overwrite them since I don’t have a lot of special stuff going on but it was a little confusing.

The Gnome desktop and apps look a little different, but so far, no drama.