Is it possible to downgrade from ubuntu 15 to ubuntu 14?
We would like to stay on 14 until we have decided on a distro to replace ubuntu that does not use systemd.
How is that done?
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2This won't be a hard choice, as there are very few distros not using systemd. – Pabi May 12 '15 at 12:25
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2Read " Permanent switch back to upstart"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SystemdForUpstartUsers – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy May 12 '15 at 13:42
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1You can switch 15.04 to init.d from the grub menu. Why not do that? – Rinzwind May 12 '15 at 13:58
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It's a risky thing to try a rollback, there's no easy way to downgrade.
Best option: After backing up your stuff, re-install the OS.
As user1362567 said on another question
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First generate a list of what you have installed on your system. You can do this by typing the following in the terminal.
sudo dpkg --get-selections | grep '[[:space:]]install$' | \awk '{print $1}' > package_list
copy your /home and /etc folder to a backup media.
Re-install the desired ubuntu version [Mentioned in the original thread : 10.04], and then run this command to install what you had before.
cat package_list | xargs sudo apt-get install
Note that you might have to do some cleaning of the /etc and /home folder for incompatible settings. " I have to thank user1362567 for explaining it well. Link to the original post : How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?
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Thank You very much. I upgraded and tried to learn to live with it instead. After all - it can't be that bad when som many use it. It turned out that my problem was the speed in which the machine started. I fixed that with a wait. Not pretty, but it'll have to do. – user2692263 May 19 '15 at 07:59