Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu ... just one!

[Rick]

On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 23:07 -0400, Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> 
> Karl Larsen wrote:
> 
> >     He didn't like the idea of re-installing Ubuntu. But it would fix 
> > 100% of his problems. And for those who want to use Windows for some 
> > things just dual boot! Do not try to run both at the same time. While 
> > possible it is very difficult to get working.
> 
> Please don't get into the leaping to reinstall from scratch idea to fix 
> all the problems. Of course it would.
> 
> If you have a car that doesn't have a cup holder and that really bothers 
> you, buying a brand new car would solve the problem.
> 
> If you have a house that has a crack or hole in the wall, buying a new 
> house would solve the problem.
> 
> However, there are other ways to fix the problem without resorting to 
> drastic measures, and it would be foolish to fix minor problems by 
> having the first step be to simply obliterate everything and start from 
> scratch. What will you have learned from doing that? Plus people with 
> this attitude are often then bitching that they "had to reinstall from 
> scratch" to fix their own self-inflicted problems.
> 
I truly appreciate your advice. The radical step was not a decision I
made, but an act forced on me by external circumstances. I'm back in
Ubuntu now, ready to make other mistakes. By the way, sorry if I seemed
to be bitching. I was just wallowing in my own despair.
Rick