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   Davey to Michael F. Stemper   
   Re: Upgrade apparently stalled out   
   19 Feb 25 16:35:17   
   
   From: davey@example.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 13:06:27 -0500   
   "Michael F. Stemper"  wrote:   
      
   > On 13/06/2024 07.38, Michael F. Stemper wrote:   
   > > Yesterday afternoon, I finally broke down and pushed the "Upgrade"   
   > > button on one of my boxes, to move it from 18.04 to 20.04.   
   >   
   >   
   > > What do I need to do to either push the upgrade to completion or to   
   > > undo it? It seems to be in a rather precarious situation at the   
   > > moment.   
   >   
   > Apparently, the upgrade was done. I finally broke down and did a   
   > restart, and it came up with (almost) no problems.   
   >   
   > There are now icons spattered all over the lovely photo that I have   
   > for a background. I haven't counted, but it seems as if there's one   
   > for each file and directory in my $HOME. How can I get rid of them?   
   >   
      
   I also had a screenful of icons after installing Ubuntu 22.04 on my   
   laptop, but that was the least of the problems!   
      
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   Davey.   
      
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