[ubuntu-za] Nasty Narwhal what a disappointment

[Johan Mynhardt]

On 30 April 2011 19:26, Nico Michael (pta at ibst)
<nick.michael at ptaisp.co.za> wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I had installed Ubuntu 10:10 on my laptop and quite a few applications
>
> I then got the ubuntu-11.04-alternate-i386 ISO file and burned a CD and successfully verified the CD.
>
> I believed it would upgrade my Linux.
> I then booted from this CD believeing it would upgrade my Ubuntu 10:10 to Natty Narwhal
> Only to find out it wiped out my entire installation.
>
> To add salt to the wound the main menu is lost  and I could not figure out how to get it back
>
> I installed crossover for Linux and the Microsoft Office 2007
> In the previous version I could add buttons on the top for MS word and Excel however I could not figure how to do that .
>
> I could not even create an icon on the desktop for Word
>
> I hate this thing on the left as I have to search for Word every time I want to  run MS Word
>
> Is there a way to recover the main menu and to get ikons on the desktop?
>
> Alternatively is there a way to downgrade the desktop back to Ubuntu 1010  ?
>
> regards
> Nick
>
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Hmm, to call it a disappointment is a bit over the top IMO. Although
from what happened I can understand why.

I'm not sure that they specified that one should boot from the CD. It
would appear that it will do a clean install. The upgrade guide[0]
worked perfectly for me with everything in working order. I only broke
my ubuntu when fighting with GNOME3, but was warned beforehand that it
might break.

To use the "main menu" you should select Ubuntu Classic from the
options before you log in, which will use the GNOME 2.8 session
instead.

/flame on
What's wrong with LibreOffice?
/flame off

Not sure about the downgrade, but I assume a fresh install would break
less things.

You did back up your data before attempting the upgrade right?

Links:
0. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NattyUpgrades#Upgrading%20Using%20the%20Alternate%20CD/DVD


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