Burning ISO flash drive seems problematic?

[az2020]

4.2 can be upgraded to 4.8 in the usual manner.

Install 4.2, run updates once done/reboot if needed, then use Lite Upgrade - you'll be on LL 4.8 before you know it..
Installing any 4.x will upgrade to the latest in the series.
No different than those who had 4.2 and upgraded along the way or waited till now.

I just did it in a Virtual Box; worked great! I'll try it on my new laptop tomorrow.

I don't want to sound like I'm beating the same topic too much. (I don't know to what extent my perception as a newbie might be foreign to how you guys see things, whether I should try to make myself understood. Or, if I'm sounding repetitive.). But, I would say that this all looks great. But, it would be easier to orient to LL if something (the download page?) made it clearer (before the 4.8 download buttons) how this all fits together. Make it clear that the latest release isn't for UEFI machines, but the test 4.2 is, and we (vile) UEFI owners can get to 4.8 by immediately upgrading from the menu).

I like what you guys are doing. I can understand how things have gotten where they are, and emphasis(es) being what they've been. But, this experience (from my perspective) has been like an  "by invitation only" experience. It seems like most people would assume the same things I did about the latest release, and not know what they're getting themselves into. And then figure out what to do from Page 9. And that Page 9 is the entry way to 4.8 on a UEFI machine. It seems like LL could be succinctly described for what it is is, up front, how it's different, and what most people would need to do (without the journey I took)?

The OS is the same - you'll get the updates from 4.2 thru 4.8 when upgrading.. No worries.
The only difference is the BIOS installer portion...

That makes sense. I might be quibbling, but isn't there a risk that some people with newer hardware could be unable to boot/install 4.2 because its kernel/drivers aren't new enough. 4.8 might work for them. But, they can't get there without going through 4.2 first?

I experienced that with MX & Sparky Linux stable. They both emphasize stability, and don't include new stuff immediately. My new laptop won't boot those. (But, an ISO built from their unstable branches works great. Presumably the next stable release or two will have the right stuff moved up from unstable.). It seems like this LL situation might impact people that way(?).

I'll post an update after I install 4.2 UEFI on real hardware, and upgrade.