[vox-tech] Replacing FC with Kubuntu in Dual Boot env.

[Jeff Newmiller]

Richard Crawford wrote:
> I've decided I'm fed up with Fedora, and I'd like to switch over to Kubuntu on 
> all my systems.  I've switched to Kubuntu on my desktop workstation, and I'm 
> pleased with the results; it feels more stable, and it's nice to use a distro 
> that is actually built around KDE instead of just giving grudging support to 
> it.
> 
> My laptop is currently dual-booted between Windows XP and Fedora Core 3.  I'd 
> like to change out that Fedora partition to Kubuntu, but I'm worried about 
> GRUB and my MBR.  Will I be safe installing Kubuntu over Fedora Core, or will 
> I completely hose my system?

There are many ways to hose a system... but installing a fresh Linux distro
over almost any other OS is pretty straighforward (at least for me).  I 
would think you should be getting pretty familiar with it by now, too.

>  My current plan is to simply reformat the FC 
> partition with Partition Magic, and install Kubuntu.

Unless you plan to change the sizes of the partitions, why bother with PM?

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