Is there any system restore in Ubuntu like Windows?

Question

I followed the instructions that in Install gnome 3.8 in Ubuntu 13.04 and then after restarting many programmes stopped working and fails to start like Rhythombox / Cairo dock / Totem / Weather / Empathy

Is there any way to cancel what I did or remove installed packages? They're a lot of packages (about 90 MB) and I can't purge them because I can not remember them all.

@Radu The OP is asking if there is a way to restore system to a previous state, and not how to backup/restore a system. — Mitch, May 09 '13 at 19:37

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 09 '13 at 19:42

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You can get the list of recently installed packages that were installed via apt-get or Software Center by following command:

cat /var/log/dpkg.log | grep "\ install\ "

you can see all the packages from it and then remove them.

answered May 09 '13 at 19:42

longloop

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score -2 · Answer 2 · answered May 09 '13 at 20:03

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Backup any data that you want.
Shut down your PC.
Insert installation disk/usb turn on PC.
Bring up boot menu, set to boot from CD-ROM/USB.
set to delete the other ubuntu/ delete partition.

this is the ubuntu equivalent of a system restore.

answered May 09 '13 at 20:03

Greg

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This is poor, don't do it. – RolandiXor May 09 '13 at 21:35

Is there any system restore in Ubuntu like Windows?

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