Kubuntu Intrepid is about to make me lose it!!?

Question

almost a year ago i made the switch from Windows XP to Kubuntu 8.10 and, while it's taken some getting use to, i've always felt relieved to finally leave Windows behind. Kubuntu has been great... until recently. while adjusting a couple files so my computer would have a static IP address, i got a list of things that were ready for updates. this was the first update i'd seen since first installing the new operating system. i went ahead and got the updates they installed, and that's when things started going from great to bad to worse.

first, the file browser crapped out on me. everything started opening in Konqueror.. i hate Konqueror, but the settings i had made for Dolphin had been messed up too. the window settings were nothing like i'd every seen before, shortcut links weren't there anymore, and everything responded to single-clicks rather than double-clicks.

second, the Places menu on the panel doesn't work... i click on Home Folder and the link doesn't work (same with connecting to my other internal hard drives). it brings up "Home > 'file: > home > reurbo'" in Dolphin.

third, i'm use to just after logging in having to open Konsole and run a sudo command to mount my My Documents hard drive because after rebooting, it doesn't mount with my other hard drive (the primary is a 750GB, a spare 160GB, and the My Documents which is a 1.5TB). after sudo mounting the drive, my wallpaper shows up, but not anymore. the drive is mounted but no wallpaper. i can't even get a menu from right-clicking and changing the wallpaper isn't in the System Settings.

fourth, i'm very proud of my computer cause i built it to be very powerful. an Intel 3.6GHz dual-core processor, 4GB or memory/RAM, and a GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB VRAM graphics card... yet after the update... my computer is crawling like Windows Vista with 1GB of memory trying to run the latest Photoshop.
it's pissing me off.

all my settings are screwed up or gone, links aren't working, it's slower than any computer i've built or owned, and for the first time in my life... i actually considered "decommissioning" my computer permanently.

any help from the forums, which is where i normally go to find answers, turns up no results about others having the same problem.

below are the updates that were done from anyone can help me.

Upgraded the following packages:
acpi-support (0.114) to 0.114-0intrepid2
acpid (1.0.6-9ubuntu4) to 1.0.6-9ubuntu4.8.10.2
adept (3.0~beta4ubuntu5) to 3.0~beta4ubuntu5.1
alsa-utils (1.0.17-0ubuntu2) to 1.0.17-0ubuntu3
amarok (2:1.4.10-0ubuntu3) to 2:1.4.10-0ubuntu3.1
amarok-common (2:1.4.10-0ubuntu3) to 2:1.4.10-0ubuntu3.1
amarok-engine-xine (2:1.4.10-0ubuntu3) to 2:1.4.10-0ubuntu3.1
apparmor (2.3+1289-0ubuntu4) to 2.3+1289-0ubuntu4.2
apparmor-utils (2.3+1289-0ubuntu4) to 2.3+1289-0ubuntu4.2
apport (0.119) to 0.119.2
apport-qt (0.119) to 0.119.2
apt (0.7.14ubuntu6) to 0.7.14ubuntu6.1
apt-utils (0.7.14ubuntu6) to 0.7.14ubuntu6.1
ark (4:4.1.2-0ubuntu5) to 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid2
avahi-autoipd (0.6.23-2ubuntu2) to 0.6.23-2ubuntu2.1
avahi-daemon (0.6.23-2ubuntu2) to 0.6.23-2ubuntu2.1
avahi-utils (0.6.23-2ubuntu2) to 0.6.23-2ubuntu2.1
banshee (1.2.1-3ubuntu1) to 1.2.1-3ubuntu1.1
bind9-host (1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu2) to 1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu3.1
blender (2.46+dfsg-4) to 2.46+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
busybox-initramfs (1:1.10.2-1ubuntu6) to 1:1.10.2-1ubuntu7
ca-certificates (20080514-0ubuntu1) to 20080514-0ubuntu1.1
capplets-data (1:2.24.0.1-0ubuntu7) to 1:2.24.0.1-0ubuntu7.1
command-not-found (0.2.26ubuntu1) to 0.2.26ubuntu1.1
command-not-found-data (0.2.26ubuntu1) to 0.2.26ubuntu1.1
compiz-wrapper (1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4) to 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4.1
console-setup (1.25ubuntu3) to 1.25ubuntu4
consolekit (0.2.10-1ubuntu9) to 0.2.10-1ubuntu10
cpp-4.3 (4.3.2-1ubuntu11) to 4.3.2-1ubuntu12
cron (3.0pl1-104+ubuntu5) to 3.0pl1-104+ubuntu5.1
cups (1.3.9-2) to 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.2
cups-bsd (1.3.9-2) to 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.2
cups-client (1.3.9-2) to 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.2
cups-common (1.3.9-2) to 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.2
curl (7.18.2-1ubuntu4) to 7.18.2-1ubuntu4.3
dash (0.5.4-9ubuntu1) to 0.5.4-9ubuntu1.1
devscripts (2.10.26ubuntu15) to 2.10.26ubuntu15.1
dkms (2.0.20.4-0ubuntu2) to 2.0.20.4-0ubuntu2.1
dnsutils (1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu2) to 1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-1ubuntu3.1
doc-base (0.8.16) to 0.8.16ubuntu1
dpkg (1.14.20ubuntu6) to 1.14.20ubuntu6.2
dpkg-dev (1.14.20ubuntu6) to 1.14.20ubuntu6.2
evolution-data-server (2.24.1-0ubuntu1) to 2.24.3-0ubuntu1
evolution-data-server-common (2.24.1-0ubuntu1) to 2.24.3-0ubuntu1
fakeroot (1.9.5ubuntu1) to 1.9.5ubuntu1.1
ffmpeg (3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3) to 3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3.1
fglrx-modaliases (2:8.543-0ubuntu4) to 2:8.543-0ubuntu4.1
firefox (3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2) to 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
firefox-3.0 (3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2) to 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
firefox-3.0-branding (3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2) to 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
foo2zjs (200

Answer 1

switch to windows XP the best windows OS besides 2000 pro

Answer 2

Dude seriously you will have much better luck on the Kubuntu forums

Answer 3

too much info trust me no1s gonna want to read that its happened to me tooo many times