Lost the words 'APPLICATIONS' 'PLACES' 'SYSTEM' from the panel and want to either re-boot or unistall Ubuntu 9.10. Can't do either.

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

I wanted to uninstall and re-install from the disk but not able to.

In Recovery Mode, the screen finishes by asking for a $ command to proceed. I have no idea what this command is.

I am making the assumption that Recovery Mode will re-instate Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala as it was initially.

Your operating system is not user friendly for amateurs.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 17 11:22:36 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: gnome-terminal 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1471): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1603): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1584): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed