Ubuntu 12.04 changed itself to xubuntu and stopped working

[Bret Busby]

On 02/08/2015, Petter Adsen <petter at synth.no> wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 14:34:56 +0800
> Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Due to the message not having appeared and the delay involved, I
>> reinstalled Ubuntu 12.04.
>>
>> After the several hours that it took to install Ubuntu 12.04, I now am
>> trying to get it working, so that I can again install mate and other
>> packages.
>
> There is an Ubuntu spin already set up with MATE, you know. You were
> given a link to the homepage earlier in this thread. It might be
> worthwhile to download an image so you have it available in the future.
>


I have downloaded and written to DVD's, copies of the Ubuntu-mate
amd64 and i386 versions, to try.

I note that the web site apparently has only v1504 available, which is
not an LTS version, but, I will try it nevertheless, and see what
happens.

It will be a couple of, or a few, days, before I try it, however, as I
have something else with which I have to deal.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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 you'll know what the answer means."
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 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
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