Upgrading a Mepis system

[HarryG]

On Monday 05 June 2006 21:44, 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.
>
> --
> Mark Warner
> lose .inhibitions when replying

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!

Harry G