Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS with MATE - can I use do-release-upgrade?

[Bo Berglund]

On Sun, 12 Mar 2023 10:35:24 +0100, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 2023-03-12 at 10:18 +0100, Bo Berglund wrote:
>> Will a release upgrade using "sudo do-release-upgrade" result in the dektop
>> being changed to whatever Ubuntu developers consider the "default and best"???
>> I want to keep my MATE desktop configured as is.
>
>Hi,
>
>a release upgrade does upgrade the installed packages to the next
>release. The good news, you will stay with Mate. The bad news, GTK apps
>might have changed a lot, used themes might have become incompatible and
>some apps are probably ported from GTK3 to GTK4.
>
>IOW a release upgrade doesn't replace Mate by another desktop
>environment, but most likely several GTK apps will replace clear menu
>texts by ambiguous cave painting icons.
>
>Since the end of standard support of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is in April 2025,
>you should consider to stay with 20.04 LTS for a while.
>

Will do for my desktop PC:s then.

I also have a couple of server PC:s with no desktop at all (and no wired monitor
or keyboard either). Same release as the desktop devices.

Are these safe to upgrade when connected over SSH?


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden