Good day, Have completed upgrade for the new Ubuntu version 25.04, Plucky Puffin, what a great name lol. This seems to be working fine to run discourse. Here is some information about the new release: Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) CD images for Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) …

Unless you want to upgrade your OS sooner rather than later, you’re better off sticking with an LTS release like 24.04. Ubuntu 25.04 will reach its end of life (EOL) on January 2026. There is zero advantage to using 25.04 on a Discourse server. If it’s your desktop, and you love upgrading your OS, …

will ubuntu 24.04 upgrade itself undesirably to 25.04 ? or will ubuntu prompt of the new release after each login to CLI ?

[Bild] Ethsim2: will ubuntu 24.04 upgrade itself undesirably to 25.04 No. It will only suggest other LTS versions.

[Bild] Ethsim2: will ubuntu prompt of the new release There was prompt of new version for cloud server. Good to know doesn’t make a difference or 24 may be better. [Bild] pfaffman: Ubuntu 25.04 will reach its end of life (EOL) on January 2026. This is confusing that will be “end of l…

[Bild] Architect: This is confusing that will be “end of life,” [Bild] Ubuntu release cycle | Ubuntu Overview of the Ubuntu release cycle - maintenance, support and security coverage, lifetime, upgrade paths, kernel versions and the range of editions and images published by Canoni…

Second question: Is it possible to downgrade from 25 to 24 via console for cloud server?

No. All you can do is backup your own data and forum, and reinstall. In the future taking a snapshot before upgrading and deleting it after you are sure all went nicely and you want to stay at it, is really good policy. If all you have is a forum, then backin up, spinning a new VPS, installing Dis…

[Bild] Jagster: taking a snapshot before upgrading Would I be right in thinking that one would need to stop at least the database before taking a snapshot, to be sure of having consistent data?

Of course, if there is constant use.

[Bild] Jagster: if there is constant use So perhaps not a good idea for anyone to just take a snapshot and suppose it could be restored correctly. (Personally I don’t use snapshots: they are not backups. I think they are a tempting facility which is likely to be misunderstood.)

Neue Ubuntu-Version 25.04

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) 20. Mai 2025 um 11:36 6

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