What are the effects of upgrading to latest version of Ubuntu from 16.04? I am worried about my VirtualBox ver 5.1.38 and I'm wondering if there are any known major issues. Will it be damaged or erased by the upgrade?
I don't see why it would be damaged or erased in any way from a proper upgrade as long as you're using the 64-bit version since I do see a 64-bit build for Ubuntu 18.04 for the version in question on VirtualBox's website: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_5_1
Although, it does seem like this is an older version of virtualbox and I would highly recommend updating it once you do upgrade, especially since on that same page I shared, it said that this version is no longer supported. Newer version: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
If you're absolutely paranoid or have anything super sensitive on there though, then I recommend cloning your drive if possible before the upgrade. All I can say is I've upgraded a few machines to the latest 18.04.1 LTS and have had no issues myself, but then again, I haven't messed with VirtualBox on Linux. Hope this helps :)
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