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Does anyone know if I can restore to a smaller drive given the situation described above?

Thanks very much for the replies, I need just a bit more help to finish this; I have mounted the extra drive at /BACKUP, and the original Timeshift data is at /mnt/hd/timeshift. I executed the command: cp -av /mnt/hd/timeshift /BACKUP to copy the data. Have I used the correct options? I went into th...

Background: To keep /home as small as possible and for ease of maintenance, I put most of my user data on a separate volume /mnt/hd/user, and then symlink Documents, Downloads, Pictures, etc to a directory on /mnt/hd/user. I am currently using Timeshift and it puts it's data on /mnt/hd/timeshift. /m...

Thanks everyone, and especially smurphos for the really complete answer!

Thanks Larry78723.... a couple of follow up questions:
Should I purge the package and then remove the PPA, or do it the other way around?
Does removing the PPA remove the info required for the purge?

Thanks for the reply - just one point needs some clarification. When I have software sources/PPAs open, does the remove button just remove the highlighted entry, or does it remove ALL the entries that have the Enabled column checked? So removing 2 PPAs would be 2 separate operations? Since I've neve...

Almost 2 years aga, I managed to install gnome-pomodoro after great difficulty _ I had to use a PPA to get it to work. Now the key is expired on the PPA, and it is constantly causing errors with the automatic update. It appears that the author hasn't updated the key: $ apt-key list pub 2048R/C18AFDE...

I need some guidance on installing Installing Docker / Docker Compose on Linux Mint 18.3. Given that the Mint Repositories run so far behind I need a better way of installing Linux Mint. Is it OK to use this PPA: deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu xenial stable and I need a wa...

I have experimented with Firejail before and I have seen the following posts: Firejail as security sandbox for your programs https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=273533 Firejail and Mint 19 https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=273533 Question 1: Can this method of installin...

Re: Advice regarding Kernel Upgrade by Pjotr » Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:36 pm The 4.15 kernel series is Long Term Supported (LTS). Simply install the latest one of that series. Thanks for the reply Pjotr, I got busy and didn't have time to research this until now. I took a look at the latest 4.15 ( Here: ...

I am running Linux Mint 18.3, and because it is on Kernel 4.4.x I am unable get add-on serial devices to work. When I boot into the Linux Mint 19.1 Live USB, they work fine. I have: PCIe WCH382 2S multi-IO card ch341-uart converter I am assuming that a kernel upgrade on 18.3 is the easiest way to so...

I am getting the following error when software update runs: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:kamilprusko/xUbuntu_16.04 Release: The following signat...

Some other things to check... I don't know i you have checked these things or not: Windows also has a firewall, have you tested pinging other addresses? Your gateway should 192.168.1.1 should respond to a ping. Can you ping 192.168.1.1 (the router) Can the android ping the windows and vice versa? Do...

I hope I'm posting this in the right board... I am running Linux Mint 18.1, as a desktop machine. I installed a 4 port Intel NIC on the box with the objective of having the NICs work as follows: For convenience I'll refer to the interfaces as eth0-4 - they actually have very messy names that relate ...