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