Ubuntu-devel-discuss Digest, Vol 135, Issue 11

[Technical Clarity]

Canonical has UbuntuOne accounts , can Ubiquity access this and how much
can UbuntuUbuntu and its derivatives (Lubuntu, Xubuntu etc.) should
really consider adding cross-distribution installation/upgrade feature in
Ubiquity (Xen) can UbuntuOne be made extended to access?

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> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 15:47:01 +0100
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>         really consider adding cross-distribution installation/upgrade
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> brendanperrine at gmail.com schreef op 05-02-2018 18:52:
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> > Yes people should back up their data anyway. Implementing this would be
> > quite complicated it seems to me.
>
> I realize that e.g. OpenSUSE has a DVD-based upgrade mechanism but at
> the same time they don't have different 'flavours'.
>
> Even if you incorporated it into some installer, you would have to do
> the logic first.
>
> Recently I tried installing Unity in Kubuntu.... I did not succeed.....
>
> I don't think there is public documentation of what package or
> metapackage changes actually occur from one installation to the next, in
> terms of upgrading?
>
> It's probably a case of a few people knowing everything, or stuff being
> internally documented?
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> I don't know.
>
> I only go by what's visible.....
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