I had dist-upgrade problems with Ubuntu in the past. I only do clean installs these days. The new Ubuntu 9.04 has been the smoothest install and configuring I've had. I tried Kubuntu, and I still think KDE 4.2 needs work. I'll happier with Gnome and Xfce.
John, do a clean install of Ubuntu 9.04 and most of the troubles will go away. On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:19 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote: > Don't. > > I am sending this from a KDE desktop, because my Gnome desktop won't start. > I get my desktop background, but no Gnome panel. Kind of hard to run > applications when you have no panel. And Alt-F2 fails to launch a terminal. > Luckily the login option to start KDE instead of Gnome works. So here I am > with a sort-of working computer. > > OK, I have never used KDE before. But I am now poking at it because it's > all I can get working. Maybe y'all KDE dudes and dudettes can convince me to > keep it. If Gnome won't run, to hell with it, eh? > > Meantime, the dist-upgrade to Jaunty is a pile of problems. I recommend > y'all hold off. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
