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unistalling extra version

Asked by japycz

I know very little about Ubuntu. It seems to me that when I start my computer, there are 2 versions of Ubuntu( normal mode) and 2( recovery mode). That does not seem to be right. There are some other issues as well, but I would like to deal with them one at the time( it seems that I can not save internet settings and right now I have no connection, packages installed like email- Ekiga, music and video softwares are not working either). Is there any good guide for all this?

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Japycz

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japycz (heresau) said : 		#1

Nothing installed seems to work. The most frustrating is internet connection( network settings are defaulted to DNS that does not work, each time I log in , I have to change DNS). There is no problem with Windows XP. I have 2 OS systems running on my PC. I have to choose which one I want to run otherwise it defaults to Ubuntu. I have downloaded a lot of packages that I thought might be useful. Problem is, I do not know how to "activate" them. I do not know where they are. Another words, I messed up Ubuntu from the start and have no idea how to fix it.

Japycz

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Saša Bodiroža (jazzva) said : 		#2

Hello,

The "extra" recovery version is actually normal and there is no need to "uninstall" it.
As for the internet connection, you could try searching http://www.ubuntuforums.org for an installation guide for your modem if it's not working.
I don't know what you mean by "programs like ... are not working". Do they start? If they do, then I think these are the reasons why they are not working:
 - Ekiga needs a working internet connection if you wish to send and receive calls.
 - By default not all audio and video codecs are installed. You need to have a working internet connection to install them.

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