Yeah i did not reinstall the OS. I found another distribution to use. I would recommend setting something up to collect logs by default and having some way for the user to link them to an account for bug reports. I’m sorry but this was the second time your OS has completely bricked my system and it was like back to back. It’s crazy, I went to Arch (specifically Garuda) and have yet to have a single problem and it’s been several weeks at this point. And your OS is recommended by everyone as the most stable, user friendly and arch to be the easiest to brake however I have had the exact opposite experience. No hate just confused is all. Anyway have a good one. Hope yall get the issues worked out. Have a good one!
> On Mar 16, 2026, at 10:20 AM, Alex Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > Thank you for reporting this issue with aptitude on Ubuntu 25.10. I > understand how frustrating it is when your system becomes unbootable > after using package management tools. > > However, to help the team investigate whether this was caused by a bug > in aptitude or another factor (such as accidental removal of critical > packages), we need some technical evidence that isn't currently > available: > > Please try running the following command and attach the output to this > bug report: > > apport-collect 2143016 -p aptitude > > This will automatically collect relevant system information about what > happened during the aptitude operation. If that doesn't work, you could > also manually check your apt history at /var/log/apt/history.log to see > which packages were removed. > > Without this data, we cannot determine if this is an aptitude bug or > another issue. Once we have more information, I'll be able to take > appropriate action. > > Thanks for your patience and help in making Ubuntu better! > > ** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2143016 > > Title: > aptitude just completely bricked my OS > > Status in aptitude package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Was having issues with some applications in Ubuntu 25.10 and was > researching some ways to check for broken applications and fix them. > Someone suggested aptitude. I used it and pressed "g" a few times to > auto check for applications and auto update auto remove them. Well > after it was done i pressed the "Meta" key and most of the > applications Ubuntu installed on the first run of the OS were gone. I > thought, okay that is odd. I then initiated a restart and the entire > OS was gone. As in I loaded into a black screen that appeared to be a > console to enter text as there was a cursor that would normally be > blinking however was solid. No text could be entered nothing could be > done. There was no grub menu, nothing. I restarted and got the exact > same thing again. The only fix I could find was loading into a live > OS. I was able to access my files and exported my important stuff to > another disk. This is now the second time in 2 weeks that my UBUNTU OS > has been completely bricked and became un-accessable. Look guys I'm > sorry but I am done with Ubuntu. I have given you so many chances > however it is clearly not optimized here whatsoever. You guys have not > put together a stable operating system, whether on a stable build or > on a testing build. You go against your own principles constantly and > the design decisions you have made here make no sense to me. I am not > going to go on another angry rant but I wanted to let you know that I > am not going to be download Ubuntu again for some time. Maybe in that > time your organization can figure out how to pin down a design > philosophy, stick to it, and potentially provide the public with a > stable operating system. Good luck in your future endevours I will not > be back for a while. I am not your quality assurance tester. I just > need a stable OS that will not completely collapse once every week. > Have fun with it, adios. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/2143016/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2143016 Title: aptitude just completely bricked my OS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/2143016/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
