[SlugLUG] Goodbye dear sweet Sid. Hello Dapper Drake

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Eric Carter (eacarter at greenstorm.net):

> I'm gonna throw Ubuntu on my 10 gig hard drive this weekend and see how
> usable I can get it in a day. If Mr. Dapper is kind and friendly, he'll
> likely convince me to visit Mr. Sid less and less often. My debian
> install will be around for a good while on my 40 gig HD (I'll probably
> be using the same /home), we'll see how much I use it.
> 
> Any advice or quick tips on the transition? (Things to do before,
> during, and after the install?)

Honestly, I've found Ubuntu so close to Debian testing/unstable that
they're nearly indistinguishable -- right down to the ncurses-based
installer on the Alternate and Server Disks, which _is_ exactly the
Debian d-i installer.  (There are a whole lot of little differences that
don't matter much, starting with default sudo-only access to root
authority.)

Unless you really, really want X11 and GNOME on a server box, you might
want to start with the Ubuntu Server ISO.