Celeb Glow
news | March 23, 2026

Turn Debian into Ubuntu

I'd like to turn Debian into Ubuntu server 16.04. Problem is that its running on ARM9 32bit processor with some archaic hardware and I don't want to make new installation.

How should I modify /etc/apt/sources.list to be able to install new software preserving old drivers?

Maybe I should keep old kernel and just install side packages that do not require kernel modifications?


this is what I get from cat /proc/cpuinfo

Processor : ARM926EJ-S rev 5 (v5l)
BogoMIPS : 183.09
Features : swp half thumb fastmult edsp java
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 5TEJ
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x926
CPU revision : 5
Cache type : write-back
Cache clean : cp15 c7 ops
Cache lockdown : format C
Cache format : Harvard
I size : 32768
I assoc : 4
I line length : 32
I sets : 256
D size : 32768
D assoc : 4
D line length : 32
D sets : 256
Hardware : Oxsemi NAS
4 Reset to default

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