Latest updates for 12.10

[Nigel Ridley]

On 10/26/2012 11:54 PM, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> I just did an apt-get update followed by apt-get dist-upgrade. There was a whole bunch of KDE
> stuff and after the upgrade, and logging out and back in again, all my desktop settings vanished!
> I was left with a brand new desktop as if I had just done a clean install (or renamed my .kde
> directory).
>
> WARNING: Make a backup of your .kde directory before doing the update/upgrade.
> I now have to rebuild my desktop back to the way I had it before :-(
>
> Nigel
>

Something else weird: before I logged out after the upgrade, I had several apps running. After 
logging back in and getting a brand new desktop :-( all my previous running apps were still 
running but not on the desktop - I mean could see them as running processes under 'System 
Activity' (Ctrl + Esc) but not accessible on the desktop. I had to 'kill' them in the end as I 
was getting window titles with the app name plus a number 2 (meaning it was the second instance 
of said running app).

I'm not sure what is going on but maybe better to wait a while before doing any updates/upgrades.

Nigel