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un do 11.04

Asked by jim mills

I've made some mistakes with my computers but installing 11.04 sets a new standard. Is there some way to go back to 10.04 or do I have to nuc the hard drive and start over?
tnx
jim

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BabyGeek (babygeek) said : 		#1

Hi,
Yes, you can downgrade 11.04 to 10.04 but... it is quite complicated and unreliable, this may generate many bugs in package dependencies.
I recommend you backup your personal data (often stored under /home) on another partition or external hard drive, download Ubuntu 10.10 (http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/), install it and then reinstall your programs, restore your data ...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

You will need to reinstall Lucid if you want Lucid. If you upgraded directly from Lucid to Natty then this is probably WHY you are getting the problem. I suggest you first try a clean install of Natty, and boot to the classic desktop.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#3

By the way, if the thing about Ubuntu 11.04 that you don't like is the new interface (Unity), you can switch to the classic interface easily (see https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+question/157769).

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jim mills (mills-bmi) said : 		#4

I changed to the "Classic" GUI (interface) which helps a lot, I will wait and see about the other small gripes now that I have something I can use. I will say that if Unity it the direction Ubuntu is going, I will go in another direction. It was bad enough when modem support was dropped (not all of us have the option of broadband), but Unity is too much.