Ubuntu version reported wrong in system settings

[Tim Peeters]

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckingYourUbuntuVersion describes two ways of getting your current Ubuntu version: via system settings, and via terminal. For me, those two methods give me a different version (14.04 vs 16.04, see attached screenshot). I upgraded my pre-installed trusty to xenial, so the version printed on terminal is correct. That means that the system settings displays the wrong version.

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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

@Tim,

Can you please run a few commands to make sure that you have an updated 16.04:

sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-docs
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

Then reboot, and let us know if the problem is still present.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I wonder if the fact that it is a preinstalled system affects how that dialog works.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[ruru (ruru)]

I am experienceing this on 18.10 (unity-control-center reports 18.04)

[SwissEagle (6-ubqntu-u)]

I am experiencing this on 20.10 (unity-control-center reports 20.04)

[Knut J Bjuland (knut-j-bjuland)]

This affects me to