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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by ric2b on Saturday May 02, 2020 @02:38PM (#23053892)
19.04 isn't an LTS (long term support) release, it has 9 months of support, you're supposed to upgrade to the next release in a timely manner.

If you're not going to do release upgrades frequently you should stick to LTS releases (20.04 is one), which are supported for over 4 years: https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by thekyle on Saturday May 02, 2020 @03:12PM (#23054138)
Cononical should really keep the old repos up for longer. At least the parts necessary for upgrading to the next version. 19.04 is barely over a year old. It's entirely reasonable for users to leave a computer for a few months and expect it to still work when they come back.

Sure they could use LTS but that has the same problem, just on a longer timescale.

I could turn on a PC with the first Windows 10 beta and it would update to the latest Windows 10 no problem. There's no reason Ubuntu can't do the same.

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