Is there any supported migration path from Fedora to Ubuntu?

I'd like to get off Fedora: between it's a bad bug tracker and package management, networking problems, and adoption of Gnome 3, which doesn't even support virtual desktops, I'm rather sick of it.

All that I really want is the stuff in my home directory. Does Ubuntu offer anything from the install CD, which can leave the basic gnome folders, ~/Documents ~/Music ~/Videos alone and wipe everything else: including configuration files? Or, do I need to get out another hard drive and back all this stuff up? All I want is data in one users home directory, and install to the current partition setup.

Evan Carroll

Posted 2011-05-30T00:28:12.030

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The change is about to get a bit easier due to this. "I suppose UID/GID_MIN=1000 is more common (other distros, upstream). We are not in situation that 500 IDs for system accounts ought to be enough for anybody."

– boehj – 2011-05-30T04:49:31.800

Answers

If you have /home on a separate partition then you can just tell the respective installer to not format that partition and instead just mount it at /home. If you didn't put it on a separate partition... then you should have put it on a separate partition.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

Posted 2011-05-30T00:28:12.030

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I couldn't really tell you one way or another, apparently Fedora has found a way to make basic partitioning an major issue too. I think vendor lock in still remains from RH.

– Evan Carroll – 2011-05-30T00:52:53.467

3If you truly believe that Ubuntu will free you from lock-in, then... – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2011-05-30T00:55:40.700

Fedora is RPM based, and Ubuntu APT based.

A migration path isn't going to be an easy thing.

dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten

Posted 2011-05-30T00:28:12.030

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