From Debian/testing to Kubuntu?

[gboyce at badbelly.com (gboyce)]

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Matej Cepl wrote:

> Hi,
>
> just while talking about Ubuntu, does anybody have experience with
> converting computer from Debian/testing to [KX]ubuntu? I was told by
> somebody on #kubuntu IRC channel, that it is not possible to just upgrade
> (i.e., changing /etc/apt/sources.list), because of different udev packages,
> but if I would just install Kubuntu over existing Debian, would it work --
> i.e., would Kubuntu installer destroy all my data?

Is /home a separate partition?  If so, then the reinstall is trivial.

If /home is on the same partition as root, then things might be more 
complicated.

Either way you should considering backing up your data before attempting 
the install

--
Greg