I find that Debian is the most consistent through upgrades, if no strange customisations have been made then "apt-get dist-upgrade" can go from version to version no problem.
Ubuntu introduces some issues with this that makes the update manager and metapackages like ubuntu-desktop needed. I have personally gone through quite a few reinstalls due to badly upgraded Ubuntus, but I stick with it due to the awful hardware in my laptop and the community (I feel like I can contribute to Ubuntu, whereas Debian is rather harder to be appreciated, especially for non-programmers) So whilst I'm not overly familiar with all of the issues involved in upgrading between releases, it is sensible to use the best tool for the job, and if Ubuntu's upgrade system doesn't fit your scenario nicely then Debian probably would, and they are not too dissimilar in terms of underlying technologies either. Hope that helps, Chris Warburton PS: This is not having a go at Ubuntu, or advertising Debian, I'm just saying that in this situation Debian might be a better choice than Ubuntu. Yay competition! -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
