This year, I finally made the switch to Ubuntu Linux. *
One of my elves (who knows a thing or two about computers) helped me migrate from my old Windows Me computer to a newer machine with Ubuntu installed.
I don't know anything about databases or spreadsheets or anything like that. I used to use Notepad to keep track of who's been naughty or nice. My elf friend recommended gedit as a replacement for Notepad (elves like Gnome for some reason...) and I was able to open and edit the files (naughty.txt and nice.txt) no problem.
As I was checking my email this morning, I encountered the following message:
Naturally, I copied-and-pasted the command into a terminal and ran it. It asked for my password, which I carefully entered. After a few minutes, everything stopped working. My elf friend came over and muttered something I couldn't understand and quit his job on-the-spot.
So now Santa is stuck. Can you please help me recover the lists? Time is starting to run out since I need the files back by December 24.
Anything would be appreciated. In exchange for assistance, I am willing to accept removal requests for the naughty.txt list.
* If I'm going to represent charity to the world, I ought to reflect that in my choice of operating system, no?
