And then I noticed that something must have gone wrong somewhere. I simply get the console login instead of the graphical interface which I was expecting. Controlling Ubuntu from my laptop was of course also no longer possible (it was before, I have tested it).

So what went wrong?

Well, first of all I have been messing around with files I thought to understand (as a matter of fact I do understand them) however had I not done that the system would still have worked. Although the rule here is “If you don’t use it, it won’t break” is being applied, it is something a rule that remains true. In this case I did touch it and it did break.

Anyway I did a few more things I didn’t like so now I’m installing another Linux distribution just to see if I prefer this one.

Within a month I will get a netbook (a small laptop, that is actually too small to use) and then I intend to put some of my work on my current laptop on that. With a bit of luck I might actually set the laptops up in such a way that synergy uses thee laptops (oh and I get one monitor which I can use to increase the amount of screens to four).