On Saturday 31 December 2011 16:55:43 Dan Youngquist wrote:
> On 12/31/2011 08:09 AM, Lisi wrote:
> > I could, of course, install Lenny and KDE 3.5.10, but that would be
> > rather a pity at this stage. I could give him LXDE or xfce4 for a few
> > days, but that would not be a popular decision. :-(
>
> You could install from the Maverick Trinity CD, then upgrade him in a few
> days, or at your convenience.  That's what I did on the machine I'm typing
> this on.  The Maverick mirror seems to be partially working now.  If you
> put /home on a separate partition, it's easy to upgrade without having to
> backup & restore users' files.

Yes, the snag is that I and Ubuntu never seem to be able to live together. :-(  
Alan Pope tells me that i can't expect Ubuntu to love me until I first love 
it.  

But that is certainly one of the possibilities.  I shall have to give it 
serious consideration.  I shall have to ask my husband which possibility he 
is prepared to consider.

Thanks for the information.  It is a good sign that any of the mirrors is up.

Lisi