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submitted 1 week ago by Wimster@lemmy.wtf to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

Question: I'm running Linux Mint right now. Is it possible to change distro to ... for example OpenSuse - without a clean install ?

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[-] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I’ve read some stories of someone transmuting Ubuntu into Debian or something like that. It requires lots of knowledge of both systems, plenty of time, and infinite patience. The two distributions should be somewhat closely related in order to make this gargantuan project even remotely feasible. If you’re jumping from Arch to Gentoo, you might as well just do LFS while you’re at it.

[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I believe you can install the Arch package manager on gentoo

[-] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 points 1 week ago

Oh, that’s a good start. At least one corner stone can be placed easily. The rest of the journey won’t be that easy though.

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