No one here is stupid

[Mark Wallace]

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On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 21:50 -0400, WJ Seidl wrote:
> Subject:
> Re: Well, THAT was stupid!
> From:
> Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu>
> Date:
> Tue, 08 May 2007 21:07:19 -0400
> To:
> Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> 
> WJ Seidl wrote:
>  > > of reformatting during the re-install?  I guess recovery without 
> having
>  > > made a backup is pretty much not an option.
> 
> Hmm.  Have you tried:
> 
> sudo apt-get install --reinstall kubuntu-desktop
> 
> That seems like it would at least get you back to a usable desktop (not
> tested from your situation).
> 
> Matt Flaschen
> 
> Matt:
> Thanks for replying.
> It was far more fun to just reinstall and start from scratch.
> This machine had a Windows XP partition on it as well, and I think
>   that there were "issues" with Linux running on it as well as XP.
> Being so new to Linux, I could not be sure, but it all seems to work 
> better now.
> (How is that for vague <g>?
> Nuking and paving  (reformatting the drives and reinstalling Kubuntu)
> was easier, gave me a chance to fix some things that I think I did wrong 
> the first time
> and gave me a sense of accomplishment that "I was finally rid of 
> Microsoft". <g>
> At least on that machine.  Once I figure out how networking works, and 
> how to create an ISO
> of the machine that works, I can dump  Microsoft from the other machines 
> as well.
> 
> Inadvertently being "stupid" allowed me a learning experience.
> I won't make the same mistake again. If I do, then I am REALLY REALLY 
> stupid <g>.
> Best,
> WJ Seidl
> 
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