Subj : Re: Slimmed down Debian
To   : Barry Martin
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Sat Sep 28 2019 18:02:00

BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Ky!
> KM> Speaking of automated, anyone else using Timeshift? 
KM> Basically System Restore for Linux.
> Nope: here just the pre-installed Deja Dup.  ...Deja Dup is more for 

I don't know Deja Dup... <goes off, looks it up>
https://www.linux.com/tutorials/total-system-backup-and-recall-deja-dup/
That looks pretty good too, tho maybe more limited. <checks> It's in our 
repository, so maybe I'll install it and see how it goes.

We also have KBackup:
https://kde.org/applications/utilities/org.kde.kbackup
It's much more easily granular.

Nice thing about the KApps, they all look and behave alike, and they all 
respect your desktop config.

> files; Timeshift for the operating system as you said 'system
> restore'. I haven't had a problem with system updates other than the

Well, either whole system or selected parts thereof, but since GRUB is 
one of the things that can go wrong... and since I hate having to 
reconfigure a new install... whole system. Also, it's automated.

> time a years or so ago something didn't work properly with the nVidia
> utility and so just got into GRUB and selected the previous/working
> version until the new update came out correcting whatever wasn't
> compatible .

Yeah, that's good if the system will start... if you can't get as far as 
GRUB, like when Mint committed seppuku on me... not so much.
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