Hello everybody,
I would like to know, what's the best way to turn my Ubuntu installation to Linux Mint. Shall I just add Elyssa repositories to my sources.list or do something more smooth? Thanks in advance.
How to turn Ubuntu box to Mint
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orador
How to turn Ubuntu box to Mint
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Fred
Re: How to turn Ubuntu box to Mint
orador,
Ubuntu and Mint are two different distros. Even though Mint uses Ubuntu repositories and is based on Ubuntu, it is not Ubuntu. It was forked from Ubuntu.
The only way to get a true Mint install is to install Mint. Mint 4 is the current stable release. Mint 5 is in early beta, but isn't considered stable yet.
Fred
Ubuntu and Mint are two different distros. Even though Mint uses Ubuntu repositories and is based on Ubuntu, it is not Ubuntu. It was forked from Ubuntu.
The only way to get a true Mint install is to install Mint. Mint 4 is the current stable release. Mint 5 is in early beta, but isn't considered stable yet.
Fred
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orador
Re: How to turn Ubuntu box to Mint
Yeah, I understand that, but basically, Mint differs from Ubuntu in very few details and of course the Mint tools, which are awesome, I think. I guess it's possible to add the repositories and install the Mint packages, so you would in fact have the Mint.
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Re: How to turn Ubuntu box to Mint
I really DON'T recommend this, I also did this once, but ultimately it resulted in total chaos! 
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orador
Re: How to turn Ubuntu box to Mint
Well, I think I'll wait for the stable release and then consider switching. In the meantime, I'll install mintUpload, which is the most brialliant mintTool [for me of course], I did that once in Ubuntu Gutsy and it worked perfectly. Thaks to all of you.