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

Upgrading from Ubuntu to Debian

2006-04-14 Thread Chris Dunn
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 for moving from Ubuntu to Debian