https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/and-technical-problems/ Fri, 16 May 2008 15:29:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/and-technical-problems/#comment-21050 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:29:45 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=523#comment-21050 Oh, and you might appreciate this: http://xkcd.com/424/

]]> https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/and-technical-problems/#comment-21049 Tue, 06 May 2008 23:17:13 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=523#comment-21049 Lol! Glad you got things going again.

]]> https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/and-technical-problems/#comment-21048 Tue, 06 May 2008 15:01:41 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=523#comment-21048 This was Ubuntu that got screwed up, but it’s fixed (and fully upgraded) now.

]]> https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/and-technical-problems/#comment-21047 Tue, 06 May 2008 13:27:37 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=523#comment-21047 Go for Ubuntu — I just did Ubuntu’s upgrade to 8.04 (their new Long Term Support level), and it went quite well. On two different systems (one Kubuntu), I was able to do the while thing from within X Windows. It did take hours, and stalled for dialogs (inappropriately) a few times, but both systems finished the process with no coredumps, catch-22s, or Sudden Disassembly Events. ;-)

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