-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:19:06AM -0800, Britton Kerin wrote: > > I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to switch > it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this that someone > could point me to? > > (Though I will say that little hack where the shell tells you which > package a program is in looks pretty cute and helpful :) > > Thanks, > Britton > >
Unless you REALLY know what you're doing, upgrading from Ubuntu to Debian (And vice-versa) is nearly impossible and unsupported by the Debian community (If you did try it, we probably wouldn't be able to help you). Too many things are done differently between the two operating systems, for example, while Debian uses root to do many tasks by default Ubuntu has no true root user and instead uses sudo. If I were you I'd backup my /home partition and reinstall as Debian; The first thing you should do is create a /home partition when you get a new computer anyway. If you don't mind me asking, what company did you purchase the laptop from? - -- If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. - Richard Stallman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG1xPmg6qL2BGnx4QRAjA0AKCx5SdtCW/6oEQVt6Egc5NEowjzigCfdv5+ XvDholIc16E1eCAEylXyuMk= =KhY+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
