You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 20.10 to Ubuntu 21.04, Here’s How

Posted by hanuca on May 13, 2021 12:02 AM EDT
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With the Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) release out the door, many Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) users will probably want to upgrade their installations, so here’s a quick, step-by-step, and painless tutorial.

Upgrades from Ubuntu 20.10 to Ubuntu 21.04 were blocked until today (May 11th) due to a bug that made some systems to end up in an unbootable state if they use EFI 1.10. An updated shim version was released today, which is compatible with EFI 1.10, to make upgrades from Ubuntu 20.10 to Ubuntu 21.04 possible.

Dubbed Hiruste Hippo, Ubuntu 21.04 introduces numerous new features and improvements, such as a newer kernel (Linux 5.11), the Wayland session enabled by default, GNOME 40 apps, and updated internals to some of the most recent GNU/Linux technologies.

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