What is the proper way to update system to the latest release

[Fargo]

Thanks for the response. Here are the results of systemd-analyze critcal-chain. A couple things pop up there, but not sure what they all mean.

I never came across the virtualbox-guest issue. I'll look into that. I do use virtualbox and the guest additions.

I've also noticed Plymouth doesn't work and I am unable to change the plymouth splash screen. So it could have been something with the recent plymouth update as well.

Thank you for your time.

Code:

systemd-analyze critical-chain
The time after the unit is active or started is printed after the "@" character.
The time the unit takes to start is printed after the "+" character.

graphical.target @22.850s
└─multi-user.target @22.850s
  └─smbd.service @22.601s +248ms
    └─nmbd.service @22.198s +387ms
      └─network-online.target @6.807s
        └─NetworkManager-wait-online.service @1.047s +5.759s
          └─NetworkManager.service @883ms +150ms
            └─dbus.service @856ms
              └─basic.target @851ms
                └─sockets.target @850ms
                  └─snapd.socket @835ms +14ms
                    └─sysinit.target @833ms
                      └─apparmor.service @766ms +67ms
                        └─local-fs.target @765ms
                          └─run-user-1000.mount @2.117s
                            └─local-fs-pre.target @235ms
                              └─systemd-remount-fs.service @225ms +8ms
                                └─systemd-journald.socket @104ms
                                  └─-.slice @92ms