Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Here for the Long Term

[Dotan Cohen]

On 02/06/06, Art Alexion <art.alexion at verizon.net> wrote:
> On Friday 02 June 2006 13:51, Joe Hart wrote:
> >  I upgraded by
> > installing Ubuntu Breezy, then changed my sources.list to dapper then
> > ran automatix to get the goodies, and finally installed
> > kubuntu-desktop.  I prefer KDE to gnome, that's why I run kubuntu, but
> > there are things in gnome that are quite nice
>
> Am I missing something or are people taking an unnecessary step?
>
>
> In Oct '04 I installed Warty from the ISO.
> Six or 8 months later, I upgraded by changing warty to hoary in
> sources.list, and running apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade.
> Some months after that, I installed kubuntu by installing kubuntu-desktop.
> About six months ago, I upgraded to breezy by changing hoary to breezy in
> sources.list, and again running apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade.
>
>
>
> The last upgrade did not remove the gnome stuff, (though most of it I could
> do without; I can only remember using synaptic and easytag since switching
> to kubuntu). So why would changing breezy to dapper in sources.list, and
> again running apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade, remove any gnome
> programs that you want?
>

I want to nuke the current install because of problems. I'm not sure
if they are hard- or soft- ware related and I feel that with a fresh
install I can at least be fairly certain that software's not to blame.

Dotan Cohen
http://gmail-com.com