15.-4 will not work, How can I go back to 14.10

[O. Sinclair]

On 11/05/2015 17:22, Richard Barmann wrote:
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> On 05/11/2015 10:29 AM, O. Sinclair wrote:
>> On 11/05/2015 15:56, Richard Barmann wrote:
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>>> On 05/10/2015 08:20 PM, bmarsh at bmarsh.com wrote:
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>>>> On May 10, 2015, at 5:12 PM, Richard Barmann <reb68 at att.net
>>>> <mailto:reb68 at att.net>> wrote:
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>>>>> On 05/10/2015 12:51 PM, Bruce Marshall wrote:
>>>>>> On 05/10/2015 10:43 AM, Richard Barmann wrote:
>>>>>>> I have tried reinstalling 15.04 (Kubuntu) several times. I did the
>>>>>>> upgrade , burned a new .ISO. and still 15.04 will not work. Is
>>>>>>> there a way to go back to 14.10?
>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> So what happened to XFCE??
>>>>>> I am using XFCE but still trying to get back to Kubuntu
>>>>> Dick
>>>> Good luck...   I thought we determined your graphics card would not
>>>> run Plasma...
>>>> I need to be able to get Google Earth in order to quote jobs. I do not
>>>> think XFCE will support Google earth. I will get a new graphics card
>>>> if some one can tell me what I need to get. What info from me do you
>>>> need to tell me what card I need? Dick
>> Anything Intel will normally do the job. But I still dont get: why
>> simply not revert back to 14.04 or 14.10 if either of those worked for
>> you? Then "cling on" until Plasma5 matures. Not all of us users can be
>> on the edge. I had the same experience with KDE4 years ago and used
>> 3.5.10 until KDE4 matured
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> If I knew how to revert back I would gladly do that. In one on the
> replies basroufs at gmail.com gives a step by step to get 14.04 or 14.10
> but he lost me about 1/2 way through reading his instructions. I have
> burned an .ISO of 14.10 but it will not install the cd. I may have to
> burn it again .
> Any help is appreciated. I would go back to either of the 14.** .
> Dick Barmann
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Well if you have the first step covered: backup of your /home then it is
fairly simple

1. Download the image of either 14.04 or 14.10
2. Create a bootable CD/DVD or usb flash of either
3. install it
4. recover your backup data
5. or take a lot of time to recreate said data

since many years I keep root / and /home in separate partitions. I use
Clonezilla and Luckybackup to keep a reasonably updated version of both.
These days I test "severe" upgrades such as Plasma5 in Virtualbox before
they hit hardware.

Sinclair