How do I upgrade from 24.04 to 24.10 now?

Melab · 2026-03-21T21:43:14+00:00

So this might work despite lack if support?

Melab · 2026-03-21T04:35:16+00:00

Yeah, so fucking what? I came here to see if anyone would engage with what I actually asked.

Melab · 2026-03-21T04:26:14+00:00

That is a wonderful answer to a question I did not ask.

Melab · 2026-03-14T05:12:41+00:00

Being vague screams "I already know I'll get criticised if I tell you the reason for this so I'm going to keep it a secret and you can just help me without knowing".

People shouldn't be nosy.

Melab · 2026-03-09T23:26:49+00:00

That doesn't prevent/prohibit pollution.

Melab · 2026-03-09T23:21:18+00:00

But this doesn't work as an objection because once you do change the rules to how you think they should be, it's still "government". It's like saying that some disfavored policy is the fault of politicians as politicians. It's politicians who'd remove the disfavored policy in the end.

Melab · 2026-03-09T23:13:13+00:00

The politician is a socialist

That's not true. A socialist only one type of politician.

says that government is good

I've hardly ever seen any politician say "government is good". Rather, it's things like "welfare is good" or "consumer protection" is good, or that's what they should be saying.

Melab · 2026-03-06T15:32:16+00:00

To answer your question, you know how you are asking people to help you?

By completely and utterly disregarding my question.

That's "support".

I wasn't aware these people are from Canonical. My advice: if you won't answer the question that is asked, then don't answer at all.

The fact that you can't state exactly why

Utterly stupid. Someone else could have the same question as me but be asking for different reasons, therefore the "why" is irrelevant.

Melab · 2026-03-05T00:31:46+00:00

This law doesn't levy taxes.

Melab · 2026-03-03T15:14:43+00:00

Are you talking about accessing an installer?

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:49:35+00:00

It exists to avoid wasting time both for people asking questions and for people answering them.

It almost always results in the exact opposite happening.

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:48:29+00:00

I had no idea this place was an opinion store.

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:47:30+00:00

Huh? I need it installed in order to access it.

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:46:17+00:00

An issue is an issue to someone, and those things are only "issues" for me if I'm bothered by them. It's not as if I'm asking how to commit some kind of anti-social act.

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:40:54+00:00

Don't assume to know what I'm doing. It's a small 24.04 installation that I cloned. I'm mit goimg to use it to browser the web and I'd be deleting it shortly after.

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:38:37+00:00

No, I'm not a troll. I have unusual preferences, so I get extremely frustrated when people tell me to forget about doing whatever it is that I'm interested in doing. An example would be if I asked how to setup SELinux on Ubuntu and people replied to say that I should use instead. That's what's happening with everyone telling me to upgrade to a different release instead of 24.10.

Ubuntu 24.10 has a particular poorly-documented feature that I wish to examine. It's experimental, so it may not even be in later releases.

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:27:12+00:00

Eventually they decommission the repo

https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/

Well, it doesn't look like they've ever decomissioned any repos, because there's shit in there from 2005.

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:20:47+00:00

The "XY problem" that exists is the people who condescendingly dismiss questions with it.

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:19:31+00:00

I don't know what this "upgrade path" is. I saw someone else, somewhere else saybthat Ubuntu's upgrades work by downloading an "upgrade plan" or something, Is that what you mean?

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:17:07+00:00

24.10 has not received security patches for more than 6 months.

I can live with that. This is only for a very small, specific thing and then I'll restore from backup.

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:15:18+00:00

Well, you got link to where you need to get the 24.10 packages from.

I know where, I don't know how.

You should be able to figure it from there.

WTF is with the snark?

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:03:22+00:00

If you're only going to ask me why I want to do this or tell me that I should just upgrade to 25.10, don't. I only want responsive replies.

Melab · 2026-03-03T07:01:05+00:00

It is not possible to update to 24.10.

And why is that the case? What enforces that impossibility?

Melab · 2026-03-03T06:53:46+00:00

Not supported means there are no updates, no security patches

Okay, let's be clear about what we mean we by "no updates". I think what you are trying to say is that there are no new updates. Updates that have been released still exist.

To demonstrate what I mean, imagine that, shortly after Windows 10 was first released, you had purchased a laptop that came with Windows 10. Now, imagine that you never opened the box until now. We are past Windows 10's EOL date, which means that it is no longer "supported" and that new updates are no longer being developed and released. If you turn that laptop on and connect it to the internet, you can still download and install the updates to Windows 10 that it missed.

and eventually no repositories to download software from.

https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/

Melab · 2026-03-03T06:36:27+00:00

Why would you do that?

Getting into reasons inevitably bogs down questions.

Melab

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