According to recent documentation, I'll be given the option next time I login .. to upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04.1. But that's not really what I want.
Any suggestions?
Short answer is yes, but don't. You can do the normal updgrade to 12.04 and then install the xubuntu-desktop
. But a fresh install of 12.04 if Xubuntu is less risk of any error.
But if you really want to upgrade here's what you need to do: open a terminal and type:
gedit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
Now you need to edit all entries like this Prompt=lts
then just do a normal upgrade.
do-release-upgrade
Now when this is done just install the xubuntu-desktop. Remember to select the desktop at the log-in screen.sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
But I recommend to just make a fresh install.
I got my information from this question. It's a great source.
If this is a command line system you can sudo do-release-upgrade
and then just sudo tasksel
and select xubuntu-desktop or sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
If this is a full ubuntu-desktop machine, I would sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop
&& sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
&& sudo apt-get autoremove
, and then do the upgrade.
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop
wont remove the packages that came with, you need a way longer command for that.