Upgrade to 16.04 xenial is periodically freezing

[wolfman]

Hi @larryb,

I second what @anon42388993 said about the re-install, I did this on two PC's recently due to multiple problems, you can keep all your data intact if you follow this advice!:

Install Ubuntu-MATE using the "Something else" method

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…