Neon/FocalUpgrades

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Upgrade Your KDE neon install to Focal 20.04 base.

Pre-release prep:
sudo sed -i s,https,http, /etc/update-manager/meta-release
sudo sh -c 'echo "212.47.227.29 releases.neon.kde.org" >> /etc/hosts'
sudo sed -i s,user,release, /etc/apt/sources.list.d/neon.list
sudo apt update

Make sure that you have your important data backed up before attempting an upgrade!


1) Update your system using Plasma Discover
File:Focal-1.png.png

2) Log out and log back in again
File:Focal-2.png.png

3) You will be notified of a new release
File:Focal-3.png.png

4) Review the release notes from Ubuntu

5) Upgrader will run

If you have any additional repositories enabled you will get a message similar to this. Click close and you can re-enable the repositories after the upgrade if needed

6) You now get to choose to start the upgrade
File:Focal-6.png.png

7) Have a cup of tea while it downloads and installs the upgrade
File:Focal-7.png.png

8) Click Remove to remove obsolete packages

9) Click Restart Now

10) Welcome to your updated KDE neon running on Bionic