Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu ... just one!

[Karl Larsen]

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.
>
>   
Be realistic Bart, he had just loaded Hardy and all the other stuff he 
did wrong. It was a new system. Those are easy to replace and may be a 
lot easier to a new Linux person. I suffer from the same things you do. 
It is a personal fact that we can fix almost anything :-)

Karl


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