====== Ubuntu 18.04 -> 20.04 upgrade ====== sudo do-release-upgrade -d Kodi-specific: keep pam config, keep security/limits config, resolved.conf blacklist.conf /etc/sysctl.conf openssh server conf unattended upgrades mysqld.conf apticron remove unnecessary locales list available locales: localedef --list-archive locale -a then remove all BUT THE ONES LISTED: sudo locale-gen --purge en_GB.utf8 en_US.utf8 sudo apt-get install localepurge After that, you could reboot or try to run ''. /etc/default/locale''. To reconfigure this, simply enter the following in terminal: sudo dpkg-reconfigure localepurge reinstate ppas after upgrade by uncommenting sources https://askubuntu.com/questions/111645/whats-the-best-way-to-re-enable-ppas-repos-after-an-upgrade for f in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list; do sudo sed -i 's/bionic/focal/g' $f; sudo sed -i 's/^# \(.*\) # disabled on upgrade to.*/\1/g' $f;done Remove snap/lxd: sudo apt autoremove --purge snapd gnome-software-plugin-snap Remove legacy xorg drivers, keep only intel sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-intel-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-legacy xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-intel remove edid firmware patch and update initramfs and grub vi /etc/default/grub set GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" sudo update-grub sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-legacy xserver-xorg-video-intel #set to everyone sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-legacy sudo vi /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config add needs_root_rights=yes Adjust Alsa options: sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf #options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1 bdl_pos_adj=1,48 options snd-hda-intel power_save=0 power_save_controller=N OR sudo echo -e '\n# Disable snd-hda-intel power saving\noptions snd-hda-intel power_save=0 power_save_controller=N\n' >> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf Reinstall virtualbox (if required): sudo apt install virtualbox virtualbox-qt [[linux:tortoisehg|Install tortoisehg (if required)]] Keepass2: sudo apt-get install --reinstall keepass2 sudo apt-get install --reinstall keepass2-plugin-tray-icon keepass2-plugin-libimagemagick keepass2-plugin-libdbus