Cussing and Praising Kubuntu

I took the plunge and decided to upgrade my two Gutsy boxes to Hardy. These are real working PCs, not experimental test boxes, so I was hoping for a straightforward dist-upgrade that preserved all of my settings and applications. Doing a complete wipe-n-reinstall on real working PCs is for Windows luzers; real geeks dist-upgrade forever.

I have never had a successful Ubuntu dist-upgrade, so I had low expectations. Amazingly, it was successful on my computer…