Dealing with problems on ubuntu

[Bob Cortez]

I'm new to Ubuntu myself, so I'm trying to absorb as much as I can.  I
agree with the others that re-install should be a last resort.
Although there have been times that my installation was fubar and
didn't have a back up so a reinstall was basically my best option.
Lesson - back up regularly.

The other thing that I did was created a custom search engine using
Google,  Currently it searches 83 Ubuntu/Linux/Open Source web sites
which you can add to your search engines.  I created a redirect link
at http://alaskanbest.com/ubuntusearch.htm because the actual URL is
stupid long and some email clients break it.

I also archive this list in my gmail account to search if I remember a
conversation on my problem.  The Ubuntu IRC channel on freenode.net is
also helpful for quick one to one help.

Hope this helps.

Bob

On 6/19/07, SteVe Cook <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com> wrote:
> How do deal with problems on ubuntu?
>
> At the moment it would often be quicker for me to reinstall ubuntu than
> sort out problems (normally created by me!).  working on the theory that
>   I'll learn a lot more about the system if I try and resolve the
> problem I'd rather spend an evening or two rooting through the archives
> of this list or asking it's users questions.
>
>
> SteVe
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