To be honest, it sounds like you have a more basic problem (disk space, disk failing, bad memory, hardware conflicts, 3rd party software conflicts, etc).  Switching distros may or may not help.  Even if it does, it could re-occur later.  Tons of other folks had the kernel update as well and I&#39;ve not heard of any such problems.  <br>
<br>Obviously, you need to fix or install something, but I would suggest booting a live CD or USB stick to do some checking first.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Trent Shipley <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:trent_shipley@yahoo.com">trent_shipley@yahoo.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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I&#39;ve been running Kubuntu on my desktop for a while now.  Since the upgrade to 9.04 it has worked really well.  Today the update program said the kernel had to be updated for security reasons, so I updated.  Now the @#$% computer won&#39;t finish booting.  This has happened before -- frequently.  Until now I have been lucky and some old kernel known to GRUB would boot.  Not this time.  I have a perfectly good /home directory that I cant get to.  When this has happened before I&#39;ve tried burning an Ubuntu install DVD.  That won&#39;t work.  The install DVD naturally has the latest kernel so it won&#39;t boot my Dell desktop either.<br>
<br>I am annoyed with Kubuntu.  I used SuSE before Ubuntu.  Who wants to recommend a good desktop distro for
 someone who thinks WIMP interfaces are a great advance over the command line?  I prefer KDE to Gnome, but it&#39;s not a big deal either way.<br></div></div><br>



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