XPost: aus.computers   
   From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 12/30/25 11:59 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:31:12 -0500, Alan K. wrote:   
   >   
   >> This may sound off beat, but I image my linux partion(s) with   
   >> Acronis True Image from Windows.   
   >   
   > Former Windows users do seem to have this belief that they need to   
   > “image” their Linux disks for some reason, don’t they.   
   I can extract files from an image, granted I'm in Windows and Linux linked   
   files don't   
   work, but for the most part I can replace the whole image or pieces.   Not   
   sure what else   
   you can ask of a backup program.   
      
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