I installed an alpha or beta, am I up to date with the final release if I keep upgrading?

Question

I installed an Ubuntu alpha or beta and have been keeping it up to date.

So, Should I presume that my system has automatically updated to the next alpha or beta, and will be running the official release when it's finished?

score 62 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 16 '21 at 13:01

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The beta uses the repositories as they are updated -- it is not a fixed snapshot of Ubuntu as it was when the beta was released.

If there are no more updates to be installed, then congratulations! You are running the final Ubuntu release. There is nothing else you need to do.

edited Apr 16 '21 at 13:01

Jorge Castro

answered Oct 10 '10 at 16:34

badp

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '11 at 13:52

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No; the normal upgrade process will keep you up to date.

answered Mar 29 '11 at 13:52

psusi

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