New Ubuntu version 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot has been released.

You can install it from scratch (meaning fresh installation replacing your previous Ubuntu version) or upgrade. I did the last one, upgrading 11.04 to 11.10. Actually, upgrading takes longer time than installing from scratch. I needed at least 1 hour to upgrade, longer time than I installed 11.04 (just not more than 15 minutes). Say, we want to upgrade from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10. We can do it by two ways: offline or online. Both online or offline has similar process. First, make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list file contains original content. Or if you are not sure, never mind . If you want to upgrade online, you simply select System > Administrations > Update Manager You will be notified if there is new release. Just click upgrade. If you want to upgrade offline, you download the alternative ISO image. Then do it in terminal, ? 1$ 2$ 3$ 4$ 5$ cd directory/where/iso/image/is/stored mkdir oneiric cd sudo mount -o loop ubuntu-11.10-alternate-i386.iso oneiric cd oneiric sudo sh cdromupgrade