Feeling stupid for upgrading to Ubuntu 7.10 (was Upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10, now resolution stuck at 1600x1200)

[Leo Mauler]

--- Jon Pruente <jdpruente at gmail.com> wrote:

> I also don't think there's a rollback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/
> 15631 
> But you can try:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DowngradeHowto 
> as linked to from that first link.

I'm thinking I'm going to want to re-install
completely if it comes to downgrading Ubuntu, mostly
because of the last line after the last step in
downgrading Ubuntu:

"The last step probably will end up a catastrophic
mess of incompletely installed packages."

Since the dawn of time, going back to an older version
of nearly any software has resulted in chaos, so I
suppose it was a bit too naive of me to think that
Ubuntu wasn't going to follow The Laws Of Software
(with apologies to Issac Asimov for stealing and
re-wording his concept). 

The First Law: "Software is allowed to harm your data,
or, through inaction, allow your data to come to
harm."

The Second Law: "Software will not follow direct
orders of humans, especially when those orders concern
not harming your data."

The Third Law: "Software may commit ritual suicide on
a regular basis, especially if it will harm your
data."

There's also the Zeroth Law: "Software is allowed to
harm other peoples' data too, or, through inaction,
allow other peoples' data to come to harm."

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