Will all my settings be kept if I update from to the next version of Ubuntu?
Solution 1:
Hello and welcome to the Ubuntu community!
Yes if you update using the Update Manager you should not lose any of your settings.
However if you did a 'clean install' from downloading a CD and installing, you would lose your settings (and files) by default.
Solution 2:
Yes! Your settings for the most part are stored in your home directory. Any changes required by the upgrade outside of this are fairly minimal and will be handled by the upgrade process (NTP, Network, etc).