Re: Upgrading from Ubuntu to Debian

2006-04-14 Thread Miles Bader
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2. change your sources.list to point to debian testing and do a > dist-upgrade. GOOD LUCK!!! ... > The second method is VERY error prone. You might get into dependency > hell, config hell, ... and this (should at least) replaces all > Ubuntu packages wit

Re: Upgrading from Ubuntu to Debian

2006-04-14 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Thursday 13 April 2006 12:38 pm, Chris Dunn so eloquently stated: > I'm coming to Debian via Ubuntu. > > Ubuntu (Breezy Badger) mightily impressed me after struggling for > several years and never quite succeeding with Slackware. I recently moved back to Debian from Ubuntu as I wanted to move t

Re: Upgrading from Ubuntu to Debian

2006-04-14 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
Chris Dunn writes: > I'm coming to Debian via Ubuntu. > Ubuntu (Breezy Badger) mightily impressed me after struggling for > several years and never quite succeeding with Slackware. > I'd now like to remove the fluff, and get to the underlying Debian > basics. > Is there any established method fo

Re: Upgrading from Ubuntu to Debian

2006-04-14 Thread Larry Garfield
In theory you could just change your apt sources and do a dist-upgrade. In practice that would probably cause your computer to explode. Ubuntu is mostly source compatible with Debian, but not binary compatible. It is possible to move a running Linux system from one distro to another. I've a fri

Re: Upgrading from Ubuntu to Debian

2006-04-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:38:27 -0400 Chris Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm coming to Debian via Ubuntu. > > Ubuntu (Breezy Badger) mightily impressed me after struggling for > several years and never quite succeeding with Slackware. > > I'd now like to remove the fluff, and get to the underl