From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 11/13/2025 7:04 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:52:53 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> No matter what OS you use, if you know how to make backups,   
   >> even dangerous experiments can be tried. You then restore from backup,   
   >> if something bad happens.   
   >   
   > You want to make a distinction between the OS installation and user files   
   > though, don’t you. You don’t want an OS restore to wipe out all the work   
   > you’ve done on your user data in the meantime.   
   >   
      
   I left the post at defining a philosophy.   
      
   A person who is lazy, can come back with questions   
   if they are interested and someone   
   will answer about what works.   
      
   The message is, you don't have to live in fear   
   of the computer. It's not necessary to do that.   
      
   The timing and the handling of what you do, is up   
   to you to decide whether it is sufficient.   
      
   If a Timeshift has proven to be a bulletproof approach,   
   you use it.   
      
   For *any* backup product, YOU the user calibrate it.   
   YOU the user have to prove it works, nobody else   
   can do that for you. Who ever wrote the software   
   doesn't give a shit whether it works for everyone.   
   It only has to work for most people. That is why   
   we test this stuff (in a non-destructive way).   
      
      Paul   
      
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