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Check for OS upgrade to Ubuntu automatically everyday.

Here’s a single script that will update your system and schedule the do-release-upgrade command to run at 12:30 AM every day: #!/bin/bash # Update and upgrade the system sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade -y # Create the upgrade script cat << EOL > ~/upgrade.sh #!/bin/bash sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade -y sudo do-release-upgrade -f DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive EOL # Make the upgrade script executable chmod +x ~/upgrade.sh # Schedule the upgrade script to run at 12:30 AM every day (crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "30 0 * * * /home/your_username/upgrade.sh" ) | crontab - echo "Upgrade script created and scheduled to run at 12:30 AM every day." Replace your_username with your actual username in the script. This script will update and upgrade your system, create the upgrade.sh script, make it executable, and schedule it to run at 12:30 AM every day using cron.

How to Upgrade to the Latest Version of Ubuntu

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  How to Upgrade to the Latest Version of Ubuntu Last updated:  May 28, 2024 Written by: Sriparno Roy Reviewed by: Hiks Gerganov Installation Package Management apt   apt-get   Ubuntu We’ve started a new DevOps area on the site. If you’re interested in writing about DevOps, check out the  Contribution Guidelines . 1. Overview Ubuntu is a Debian-based, open-source Linux distribution made for desktops, cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and enterprise servers, i.e., servers that collectively satisfy the requirements of an enterprise or a company instead of a single user. As Ubuntu users, we can optimize the Linux flavor in many ways to help it reach its full potential. One such way is upgrading to the newest available version on the Internet. In this tutorial,  we’ll discuss a step-by-step process to upgrade Ubuntu to the latest version . 2. Optimize Package List The first step in the process is to  optimize the package list on Ubuntu . Firstly,  we update the package list on