Hi mate2go,
both 19.04 and 19.10 are EOL (End Of Life), try using the "Something else method " to upgrade, make a copy of all your files that you might need if you don't have a separate root and home partition.
As of July 17, 2020 Ubuntu MATE 19.10 will reach EOL (End of Life) and is no longer supported. There will be no more updates or security patches for this release.
Being an interim release, these are only supported for 9 months .
How do I check?
See which version you are running by opening the System Monitor and checking the System tab.
Or via the Terminal:
cat /etc/os-release
Still using 19.10?
The upgrade path will be to the current LTS release, 20.04 , supported un…
Hi all,
this guide can be used on any Ubuntu based system and is intended for people who have a basic working knowledge of an Ubuntu installation and wish to keep the contents of their home folder after doing a re-install.
This guide is also intended for those that already have an existing swap, root and home partition setup!!.
If you have not done/never done any pre-partitioning, please see this guide about using Gparted partition editor:
See also:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Howto…