Latest Linux foible:

Tried to change the username and password on my roomie's laptop-- then she said she doesn't want the password required to log in, so I tried to change that also.

Upon hitting the "ok" button, the widow grayed out and I got a spinny wheel. Spinny, spinny, spinny....................

I eventually just restarted the machine because it wasn't budging.

Now the login button just makes the login screen flash.

Pulled up the terminal to login manually. Tried the old password: incorrect. Tried the new password: incorrect. Tried both with the old and new username, too-- same thing.

I don't know if I'm going to need to install Linux all over again from scratch or what-- I mean, that machine has NOTHING on it yet, so I can do that and it'll be fine, but...

The idea that hitting one glitch can bork the system to inaccessibility is scary. Especially since I have my own laptop encrypted and there's files on it I want to keep so if that shit happens on THIS one I'll have a major problem.