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by whitlock 4084 days ago
There is no upgrade path from OS Luna (previous release) to Freya. Their own web site states, "elementary OS Luna users should back up their data and perform a clean install". Given that the operating system is built on Ubuntu I should be able to upgrade from Luna to Freya without too many issues.

Disappointed? Yes. I wrote this post on my Cr-48 running Elementary OS Luna. Instead of running Apt to update my laptop now I'm browsing DistroWatch in another tab to see what else has come out.
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wz1000 4084 days ago
You can install Pantheon(the eOS DE) on other distros if you want, though you'll have to put in the time and effort to get it to work and configure it.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pantheon

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synchronise 4084 days ago
As a workaround you could probably add their Freya repositories and perform an apt-get upgrade. Whether or not it would work flawlessly is another question altogether, I would do an image backup of the drive just in case it goes pear shaped.
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