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How to Upgrade Manually to Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray"

  With the development cycle for Ubuntu 26.10 officially underway, Canonical has published stonking/snapshot-1 . For early adopters, developers, and enthusiasts looking to ride the absolute edge of the open-source wave, the temptation to jump from the stable shores of 26.04 LTS, Resolute Raccoon, into the development stream is strong. Because the automated release pathways are not populated so early in the cycle, the standard do-release-upgrade -d tool will politely decline to find the new branch. To make the leap, we must step past the guardrails and manage our repository tracking manually. > Important Prerequisite: Upgrading to a day-one snapshot moves your environment into a highly experimental space. Ensure all core personal files, configurations, and local development repositories are thoroughly backed up before executing these steps. Ubuntu 26.04 has transitioned to a modern, structured deb822 formatting layout for core package sources. This means standard mod...

Backup data from Android to an OpenSSH server


Assuming you have created an openssh server on your windows 11 PC and you have root access , it's easy to backup your apps, call logs, messages, wallpapers and known wifi networks with swift backup for android


Head over to cloud sync and tap on SFTP 

Next you'll need to enter your credentials and the location on your PC

I've got my backup on D drive and the path is /D:

This creates the backup in the root of my D drive 

Once you've added your credentials, tap on connect


Conclusion

It might be useful to sync the backup folder to a cloud service to add an extra layer of assurance that you'll never lose your backup.





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