From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 2/17/2025 6:32 AM, Davey wrote:   
      
   >   
   > cd ~   
   > ls -a   
   > 	(bunch of stuff)   
   > 	.mozilla   
   > 	(bunch more stuff)   
   > cd .mozilla   
   > ls   
   > 	extensions   
   >   
   > No sign of Firefox (nor TB, but that's probably in snap).   
   >   
   > In all, this is pointless. I will try something different, whether   
   > it's Ubuntu 24.04, or Linux Mint, which I am currently downloading.   
   >   
   > More later, thanks for help.   
   >   
      
   I'm going back outside in a moment, but I'll make the general   
   comment that these two things, are stored in different areas.   
      
         My Settings, My profile  <=== Tend to be in /home/davey   
      
         Program Files (whether SNAP or .deb based) are not in /home/davey   
      
   Keep your eyes open on this one   
      
      cd ~   
      ls -a   
      
   Possible strings would include "mozilla" with the dot in front for   
   a hidden file/directory, but they could also put Thunderbird at first   
   level, or Firefox at first level.   
      
   Maybe you are one of those people who mount things in layers,   
   and have "separate storage" for a lot of your stuff. It may be that   
   for some reason, part of your mount lines is not working, and "materials"   
   have disappeared from /home/davey.   
      
   The whole intention of having a "home" is as a place to store your goods.   
   Like profiles for some of the tools, will live there.   
      
   As another example of "mount accidents", sometimes a mount   
   does not happen, and your software starts writing new empty   
   materials right onto the mount point. Your job is not to be   
   deceived by this.   
      
   My email folder is more than 1GB. If I do a search and an item   
   with only 20 megabytes of files shows up, then I know that's   
   not my real profile. Then I do   
      
      df      # the diskfree command   
      
   and get a list of the mounts and see if some part of my   
   empire is not working at the moment.   
      
   While you can *erase* things by accident, by far the   
   more likely explanation is a thing is *lost* :-)   
   And your job is to find it again and set it right.   
      
   I've done a few Upgrades on Ubuntu, and nothing untoward   
   happened to any profiles. It was all still there. On some   
   occasions, I had to restore my setup from backup, because   
   I forgot a step from preparation. Upgrades can be   
   broken by custom-installed materials, and you're supposed   
   to keep crib notes for later, as to what things need to be   
   removed, before the Upgrade process kicks off. I usually   
   get it right after the second or third try.   
      
      Paul   
      
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