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I have Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and want to upgrade to 24.04 LTS without losing data or applications or their settings from my machine.

I realise that I can wait till August and then an automatic upgrade window will emerge during my regular system updates.

But I would like to upgrade now if there is an easy and reliable way to do this . . .

I have an ongoing (hourly) backup for my data and for my 22.04 LTS system.

EDIT

I tried the info link provided by guiverc. But only 23.10 is offered as an update.

Info screenshot

EDIT 2

Caution on 22.04 to 24.04 upgrades!

Read this article for details.

Trunk
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Before August 15th you’d need to go to 23.10, then to 24.04. See https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-upgrade-from-ubuntu-22-04-lts-to-ubuntu-24-04-lts/

After 24.04.1 is out and has been marked safe, the direct LTS to LTS upgrade path opens.

This is true for all LTS releases: You can directly upgrade LTS to LTS after the .1 release is out and has been deemed safe.

EDIT

It's now 29 August. Wayland issues ?

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Thorsten Behrens
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For the "easy way", you will have to wait until the Ubuntu developpers deem the upgrade sufficiently tested and safe to roll it out to the general public.

In the mean time, upgrading through the command line is possible. As this involves copying 3 commands, then answering four prompts, that path also could arguably be called rather easy.

If you want to be easy and on the safe side, just follow the distribution's policy.

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