Can I upgrade the elementary's ubuntu base to Ubuntu 16.10?? Will it be safe to do???
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1Is there a specific reason you need Ubuntu 16.10? There may well be a workaround which doesn't require upgrading the underlying Ubuntu install. – Mike Wild Jan 24 '17 at 10:38
TL;DR: Yes you can. No you shouldn't.
Actually this is not exactly the same as "converting an Ubuntu installation to elementary OS" which results in a kind of Pantheon Desktop Environment-on-Ubuntu, the result of upgrading would be something like that as well.
Cf. Can I "convert" a Ubuntu installation to an elementary installation?
So even if globally this kind of upgrade should be "safe", some bugs and glitches are likely to appear, so I would advise against it.
answered Jan 24 '17 at 10:19
