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   philo to All   
   Almost done doing my last backup   
   27 May 24 08:03:10   
   
   From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   Now that I'm up and running again, I temporarily put my 1TB backup ssd   
   into my machine in order to back up one last folder. The drive was   
   pretty full so I first decided to delete a few hundred gigs of stuff I   
   don't need. I'm using the "Caja" file manager and it will not allow me   
   to delete anything unless I open the manager as root.   
      
   Perhaps there is a bit too much safety here?   
      
   Anyway, when I deleted the data, I assumed it was a full delete as none   
   of it ended up in my trash bin.   
   Wrong assumption.   
      
   It went into the root trash bin which is not accessible fro Caja .   
      
   I had to open a root terminal to delete the trash   
      
   Good thing I'm an old timer and could easily do so from Midnight Commander   
      
   I'd hate to see a newbie try a task like this that really should be a   
   trivial matter.   
      
      
   Anyway...I always try to find some good news in a "bad" experience.   
      
   When I opened my machine to add the ssd, I had a look at a now-working   
   PCIe USB-3 port.   
      
   LOL...I forgot to hook up the power cable.   
      
   Since I've managed to get along fine for three years without having even   
   tried the port, I removed it from my machine>   
      
      
   Sheesh, what fun   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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