Mark,

I also dislike nuke and paving my system everytime ubuntu notches up a version number. That said 14 is reaching end of support if it hasnt already. You will soon find no more security updates is a bad thing. You've got time, go through and migrate things to your /home and then once you have that done, you can proceed as Todd has suggested. 

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 9:37 AM Mark Phillips <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
Todd,

Thanks for the information about the InstallFest. I forgot to mention that the system is set up with 2 mirrored 1 TB SSDs. 

I am not excited about a clean install because I will then have to install and configure all my applications again, and I know not all the important stuff is in /home. 

Perhaps I should just be content with 14.04.

Mark

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 7:00 PM, Todd Cole <toddc@azloco.com> wrote:
Hi Mark
 Yes we will be meeting Sat at UAT 10-4PM
upgrade can be done but I suspect most will recommend clean install 18.04   we normally back up /home   which contains all files and data docs ect.  then install clean. Why?   Linux changes too fast 14.04 to 16.04 failed 50%
due to massive changes that were unable to be accounted for. 16.04 to 18.04 works 90% backing up home and clean install 100% plus we can test it before hand with live media. we will every thing to test upgrade or clean install
so either way we should be able to get you current. Todd

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 6:39 PM, Mark Phillips <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
Just checking to make sure the InstallFest is still happening this Saturday.

I need some help upgrading my System76 Gazelle laptop from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 to 18.04. I spent a couple of hours on the phone with the System 76 support techs, and we could not get the updater to run. I am hoping there will be someone there who can help me! Or, is this a too advanced topic for the InstallFest?

Thanks!

Mark

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