RE: [gNewSense-users] Ubuntu->gNS upgrade path

[Dean Linkous]

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> From: address@hidden
> Sent: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:09:07 +0000
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [gNewSense-users] Ubuntu->gNS upgrade path
> 
> I have an idea for an Ubuntu to gNS upgrade path. Obviously this will
> only work for Dapper (and possibly breezy, but let's not go there).
> 
> 1. Change sources.list
> 2. aptitude dist-upgrade
> 3. http://www.gnewsense.org/Builder/RemovingUpdatedPackages
> 
> Could someone take this, test it and generally own it? I'd like this
> working by the weekend. Should be just a few hours work. Your results
> should form a nice howto on the wiki, with appropriate warnings.
> 
> Brian

I likely cannot "own" it but if I get a chance I will play around with it. My 
laptop does not have a cd drive but if I get a chance to play with the other 
computers we own I will give it a spin.

I always wondered about a "conversion" method to convert people from the dark 
side! :) I wondered if installing dapper with a preseed could also be used for 
good?

On a similar note, one of the ways I install gnewsense on my laptop is to 
install a Debian sarge minimal install that I keep on my hardrive. Then I 
change sources.list to gnewsense and install the gnewsense kernel, 
dist-upgrade. install some base packages and so forth and then just gnome-core 
and gdm. Works great and isn't quite as 'heavy' as a full gnewsense desktop!

Thanks for all the effort and keep up the great work!

Dean