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   Dan Purgert to Alan K.   
   Re: Password incorrect after name change   
   21 Oct 25 15:45:20   
   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-10-21, Alan K. wrote:   
   > On 10/21/25 10:10 AM, s|b wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Also, setup timeshift (not that it helps with torching $HOME, but...)   
   >> I got that option during installation and for some reason chose not to.   
   >> ouch   
   >   
   > My personal opinion is not to use timeshift.   But then that's me.   
   > I've never used it so I have no experience.   
      
   It's less of "a backup" and more of a "system restore point", the *main*   
   help is if an update royally screws up; but in the case of experimenting   
   with (global) system config files and such, it can act as a final safety   
   net for when you didn't backup the working copy first.   
      
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