How to upgrade from an eol lubuntu release(Lunar as of mid January)

So, if you find that your lunar install is end of life, follow these steps to upgrade to 23.10

  1. Open a terminal and type in sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list and change all ‘archive.ubuntu.com ’ (Or a mirror that you’re using) entries to old-releases.ubuntu.com
    Press CTRL+X to save your changes and confirm by pressing yes.
    Press enter to exit and type in: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade then reboot.
    After rebooting, open a terminal and type in sudo do-release-upgrade. Follow the prompts and reboot.
    And, congratulations! You have sucessfully upgraded to lubuntu 23.10!
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