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CoryJamaul   01-20-2012 at 08:55:42 AM

Hi,

Recently, my laptop running Ubuntu Linux started taking a considerably longer time to boot. If the boot was successful, which is sporadic, I find that my desktop is almost completely missing, and I can't do anything.

These problems started occuring after I recently updated it, though I might think that this could be a hardware problem instead.

Please help.

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amdfangirl   01-21-2012 at 05:59:31 AM

Probably an update problem.

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CoryJamaul   01-22-2012 at 06:23:07 AM

Thanks

I litterally couldn't do much of anything. Luckily, I had my important documents and such backed up, so I just reinstalled ubuntu and everything is working again.

So my last question is: Is there anythink I should keep in mind before I update my machine? I'm kinda new to ubuntu.

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amdfangirl   01-22-2012 at 08:07:13 AM
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I say it like this: If everything works, don't update it.

Ubuntu uses Debian's unstable branch of updates, therefore the updates aren't as bad as a beta, but they are not as well tested as Debian's stable branch. If you update Debian on the stable branch, you can be pretty sure it won't break anything.

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CoryJamaul   01-22-2012 at 08:20:44 AM

Alright, I'll keep that in mind.

Thanks!

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amdfangirl   01-22-2012 at 08:43:10 AM

If you wish it may be an idea to use a distro such as CentOS or Debian or Ubuntu LTS (long term support). These distros spend more time perfecting the software.

Personally I used Fedora 15, but when I updated to Fedora 16, it broke my computer's hotkeys and I could not close the lid or the computer died. So I reinstalled Fedora 15 and kept using it without updates. I might need to install CentOS because Fedora 15 support cycle is 13 months long.

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audiovoodoo   01-28-2012 at 06:24:36 PM

I've done some testing Skippers. Nice little redirect you have set-up there off your link... :pfff:

http://www.whois.net/whois/bosin.info

You actually in HK yourself or just making use of those servers to make a little money?

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amdfangirl   01-29-2012 at 12:05:22 AM

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