[xubuntu-users] Help requested

[Jan Chandler]

--- On Fri, 12/30/11, jr <creature.eternal at gmail.com> wrote:

From: jr <creature.eternal at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Help requested
To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Date: Friday, December 30, 2011, 8:11 PM

On 31/12/11 01:42, Jan Chandler wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I installed Ubuntu, didn't care for Unity and started experimenting with
> desktops. Can't stand bouncy, fancy or cute so I settled on xUbuntu, but
> here is the thing, it now hangs on load.
>

if you've little or no personal data on the machine, back up /home and 
do a clean install of Xubuntu, probably easiest.


Hi jr, 

A fresh install. Mind if I shriek? 

Normally, I use a flash disk to store data, so there is relatively little on the hard drive. I was able to boot with a mint thumb and retrieve the half-dozen documents in the Home folder. I'm also running some sort of disk checker and it is reporting some errors. 

I suppose starting over isn't really so bad, it'll get rid of all that kde crap, but I will have to download a copy of xubuntu. I'm not a super tech, especially with Linux. Any advice on how to do a new install over a bad one? 

Thanks,
Jan