Ubuntu update cheat sheet

Ubuntu forces you to update almost every 1 year. In the process of doing these updates, I have finally hit upon doing the updates with good success... here is my cheat's guide

• At the login screen press Alt+F2. This will take you to console login
• Login at the console and then type do-release-upgrade
• This will start the release upgrade script. Just follow the script and the update is seamless.

Ubuntu does tend to change things in the UI every release which will annoy you. But this process ensures the update goes thru every time with no hassles. Previously, I used to try and run the update from my KDE or GNOME shell and that upgrade would invariably go wrong.