varx/techOct 16, 2024

I made the mistake of trying to upgrade my work computer from #Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04.

The upgrader first wouldn't work, and then after I disabled all 3rd party repos and uninstalled a bunch of things I tried again, and this time it proceeded to absolutely shit the bed and leave the system in a broken state.

So I tried downloading 24.04 to USB and installing over the old system, but the Manual Installation dialog no longer has an option to install to an encrypted partition! Apparently they switched to a new installer and just... dropped that whole feature on the floor.

Now I guess I'll try to install 22.04 over top instead...

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Update: The Ubuntu 22.04 installer appears to have wiped my encrypted partition even though I backed out before confirming changes.

Fantastic. Going to see if work will let me install Debian instead.

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Linux is "unsupported" at work, but I have a historical exemption, because it used to be. So Ubuntu is not supported, but Debian is *also* unsupported, but in a worse way somehow? Unclear.

Looks like the solution here is to reinstall 22.04, then upgrade to 24.04 from that pristine install...

Oct 16, 2024 at 8:54pmWeb
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Finally got my status bar clock set up the way I want it again.

(And when you hover each one, it shows you the time zone in effect, i.e. UTC or EDT.)