Upgrades were dicey this time, but they are done. No more OS upgrades for a couple of years ... yay!
@steve Anything that you’ve experienced so far that makes you wish you had not updated to the latest Ubuntu _just_ yet, or would you say only positives?
@matthewfeickert No. I don't have any regrets. But I was definitely not expecting my desktop upgrade to get messed up because NetworkManager somehow got uninstalled, disabling all internet devices and breaking all remaining downloads. I had to put all the NM Debian packages on a thumb drive to get them installed and restore network connectivity.
@steve Thanks, that's good to know. I might still wait for some long stretch of vacation so that if I end up needing to do a clean install it won't be too disruptive. I've become slightly more reserved in my OS upgrade schedule since I was a grad student. :P
@matthewfeickert Ditto. These days, I always wait until at least the .1 or .2 Ubuntu LTS before I leap. And even then …