On Sun, 29 Apr 2018 17:14:25 -0400
dep <dep@...> wrote:

> to test some of the things offered here the last couple of days i just
> now tried on my testbed thinkpad laptop to upgrade from ubuntu-14.04 to
> 16.04 by changinf all the references in sources.list from "trusty" to
> "xenial." then did an apt-get dist-upgrade.
> 
> the result isn't pretty. in fact, it won't even boot, though it makes an
> heroic effort.

Well, you did the same thing you have already been warned not to do. NEVER
use apt if you have ever installed any packages not from
official distro repos. ONLY aptitude in interactive mode.

> 
> i figured that inasmuch as i'm going to have to do something fairly
> drastic now anyway, i'd switch to a current debian with tde -- having
> extra desktops around is just annoying. but looking on the liveCDs page i
> see ubuntu and PCLOS and some others, but no debian.
> 
> does anyone here know of current debian-tde live CDs anyplace?
> 

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  Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky@...)