From: davey@example.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:26:51 -0500   
   Paul  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Big snip for brevity.   
      
   > 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   
      
   For now, I have a system which is basically functional.   
      
   I have the earlier installation of Ubuntu 22.04 on my newish desktop,   
   done a few months ago.   
   This one, on the daily-use laptop, was done a couple of weeks ago, from   
   the same USB stick. Both were clean installations.   
      
   I now have working: Facebook, Thunderbird, Clawsmail. I still cannot get   
   Local Folders working properly either.   
   Also LibreOffice and Handbrake work on both.   
      
   gFTP, which I used before to move files between my laptop and my Humax   
   PVR, won't work on either machine. But Filezilla does.   
      
   VLC works fine on the desktop, but will not on the laptop.   
      
   Okular works on the desktop, I have not yet tried it on the laptop.   
   Ditto GNU Image processor.   
      
   On the laptop, I have sorted out the failing rsync scripts, and also   
   restored ssh operations based on the laptop. There are lots of other   
   applications before that I will only try again as and when I need them.   
      
   So I am in a position where I can function almost as before, using the   
   laptop.   
   Yesterday, I ran Linux Mint on the desktop, which took ages to laod,   
   and at a first glance, it did not seem able to locate, and therefore   
   install, vlc. It did give me functioning Facebook and Thunderbird,   
   though. I did not try Clawsmail.   
   I assume that there is a different process to find and install other   
   programmes such as VLC, but I will not load Linux Mint again for a   
   while.   
      
   I now need to find how to move the Launchbar to the bottom of the   
   screen (GNOME?). Research later today.   
   And that's the state of play.   
      
   --   
   Davey.   
      
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