LinuxDevCenter: Adventures in Migrating to New Linux Distributions

“A few months ago I decided to migrate my not entirely
functioning Red Hat ES 3.0 system to the Debian stable release. I
wanted to do my upcoming work using completely noncommercial, open
source software, including the operating system. This migration
seemed like a task that would be relatively straightforward for
someone with 25 years of software development experience.

“It wasn’t, but the adventure was certainly educational. The
next time I need to migrate a Linux system, perform a major
operating system upgrade, or install a system on a new PC, I’ll
have a much better understanding of what to do before I start and
what to watch out for as I proceed…”

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