BAD kubuntu

[Stephen]

getting it to boot is a big start, but im still with those suggesting
some quick HDD diagnostics just to make sure befor eyou get so drastic
as reinstall they are generally easy if you can borrow some download
space and a cdrom...

but given the new iso isnt booting either it may be a bios setting or
memory issue.

about what point is the boot process failing?

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:59 PM, <tshipley at deru.com> wrote:
> Ubuntu is a little more solid than Kubuntu, but since the computer doesn't boot let alone launch the X windowing system I doubt that is immediately relevant.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com>
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> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:43:58
> To: Main PLUG discussion list<plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: Re: BAD kubuntu
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>  I switched from Kubuntu to Ubuntu... Ubuntu is more solid.
>
>  -jmz
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>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Trent Shipley<trent_shipley at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I'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'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've tried burning an Ubuntu install DVD.  That
>> won't work.  The install DVD naturally has the latest kernel so it won't
>> boot my Dell desktop either.
>>
>> 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's not a
>> big deal either way.
>>
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