From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 4/8/24 12:47, Bill Evans wrote:   
      
   	Following this with some interest.  The simplest way to restore a Linux   
   system is to copy your data aka "/home" to a suitable media such   
   as a Flash Drive and reinstall your system then copy data back to your   
   to  the new "/home" partition.   
      
   Good luck with this advice but it is the shortest way back to a useable   
   device and maybe the simplest.  You might want to do backups on a   
   frequent basis.   
      
   bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2024.04- Linux 6.6.25- Plasma 5.27.11   
      
      
      
   > On 4/8/24 3:54 AM, Paul wrote:   
   >> On 4/8/2024 1:03 AM, Bill Evans wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I decided to go with my most recent back up, from late Jan, 2024.   
   >>> Most of what had changed were emails and browser, so just transferred   
   >>> over the config files and good to go.  I didn't feel confident trying   
   >>> to uninstall the tools and the compiled program without messing   
   >>> something up.  Needless to say, I WON'T be trying to use this program   
   >>> again anytime soon.  I've tried installing it in the past and was   
   >>> never able to get it working correctly even then.  It does have a lot   
   >>> of features if I ever did get it working, but I use a much lighter   
   >>> and easier to install program that is adequate.  Only issue is that   
   >>> the one I use hadn't been updated for over 5 years, so I suppose one   
   >>> day that it will stop working but for now it works fine.  Thanks   
   >>> again for trying to help   
   >>   
   >> I doubt you would screw things up.   
   >>   
   >> Really, the biggest liability, might be something left   
   >> in the tree after   
   >>   
   >>     sudo make install   
   >>   
   >> But there may be ways to work on that, such as listing   
   >> all files by date. And noting the particular day   
   >> you blasted them in.   
   >>   
   >> *******   
   >>   
   >> These are two commands for listing files   
   >> or listing directories, into output listings.   
   >>   
   >> cd ~/Downloads   
   >>   
   >> df               # This lists various mounted file systems,   
   like from   
   >> the automounter   
   >>   
   >> # In the example, a limited portion of tree is being listed, but you   
   >> can use / instead   
   >>   
   >> find /media/WIN2KAS -type d -exec ls -al -1 -d --full-time {} + >   
   >> directories.txt   
   >> find /media/WIN2KAS -type f -exec ls -al -1    --full-time {} + >   
   >> filelist.txt   
   >>   
   >> And just for you, this version of the filelist example,   
   >> will make it so that column one is a timestamp suited to   
   >> sorting in LibreOffice Calc. There are two timestamps plus the filename.   
   >> The first field has been made ten digits wide, with leading 0 added   
   >> if the field is not wide enough to make ten digits. In LibreOffice Calc   
   >> you can use Data:Sort just like excel, with a default extended selection.   
   >>   
   >> sudo find /media/WIN2KAS -type f -exec stat --printf='%010Y %y %n\n'   
   >> {} + > statlist.txt   
   >>   
   >>     Paul   
   >   
   > I appreciate this and will try and refer to it in the future, but I'm   
   > considering installing a "system restore" feature, similar to Win, if   
   > one is available for Ubuntu, similar to one like featured here:   
   >   
   >   
   > https://ostechnix.com/systemback-restore-ubuntu-desktop-and-se   
   ver-to-previous-state/   
   >   
   > Not sure about the software there, but I do wonder if anyone can   
   > recommend something similar so the next time, I simply take a snapshot   
   > before installation and, if no good, restore to original snapshot?   
      
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