View Full Version : [ubuntu] downgrade pc from ubuntu to lubuntu ... advise before i proceed
Dodeca
March 2nd, 2013, 05:45 PM
Hello all
I have an old laptop pc with winXP and ubuntu 12.04 LTS ... lt's a dual boot.
I need to remove ubuntu and install LUBUNTU.
My plan is to use a gparted live cd and just delete ubuntu and then just stick in lubuntu cd and reboot and install.
Is this a good idea?
Thanks !
sudodus
March 2nd, 2013, 05:49 PM
You need not wipe Ubuntu. Just re-use its partition, when you install Lubuntu. At the partitioning page of the installer, select 'Something else', and select the former Ubuntu partition as your root partition /, and set it to be (re)formatted to ext4.
Edit: by the way, you will be upgrading the performance ;-)
QIII
March 2nd, 2013, 05:51 PM
Hello!
You realy needn't reinstall at all.
You can just install the Lubuntu desktop and select it at login.
That's what I would do.
(+1 to performance... and it's not a downgrade at all anyway.)
mörgæs
March 2nd, 2013, 07:40 PM
The command for QIII's idea is
sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
Dodeca
March 2nd, 2013, 10:29 PM
That was quick and easy ....
Thanks ...
Now ... how to "mark solved" ... seems to have changed ... will check back later !
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