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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Paul   
   Re: Mint updates   
   19 Dec 25 21:04:38   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 07:09:11 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 12/19/2025 12:57 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:58:05 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Thu, 12/18/2025 7:49 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Never bothered with image copies. The files are the important   
   >>>> thing.   
   >>>>   
   >>> While updating Devuan, it was only taking 1 minute 30 seconds to   
   >>> make safety copies of the disk. It's pretty easy to do. They're   
   >>> compressed to save space.   
   >>   
   >> Wonderful. So how do you do selective restores?   
   >>   
   > I don't need that in this case.   
   >   
   > These are not archival backups, they are "all or nothing safety   
   > backups".   
      
   Not much use, in other words.   
      
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