Upgrading a Mepis system

[Mark Warner]

HarryG wrote:
> Mark Warner wrote:
>> HarryG wrote:
>>>
>>> I am currently running Mepis and need to switch to Kubuntu.  Can I
>>> upgrade and keep my /home directory, or is it best to backup and do
>>> a fresh install?
>>
>> Stick with SimplyMEPIS. The Dapper-based 6.0 final is due out on June
>> 18. It's a much better KDE implementation than Kubuntu. Should be
>> able to do a standard MEPIS upgrade install and preserve /home. Of
>> course, backups are recommended, and YMMV.
>
> The problem is VMWare which doesn't play nice on Mepis.  Ubuntu is a
> directly supported distro though, so I thought I would move to it.  I
> hate rpm distros!

MEPIS is Debian-based, and uses the apt package manager, just like
K/Ubuntu. It is not a Red Hat derivitive, and does not use the rpm
package manager.

I can't speak to your specific concern, but would be surprised if
Kubuntu performs any better than the Dapper-based version 6.0 of
SimplyMEPIS.

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Mark Warner
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