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Timeshift for the system, Back-In-Time for my data. Once in a while (not very often) I make image backups of my partitions using Clonezilla.

CaptainKirksChair wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 24, 2019 9:21 pm

Santa may be a little late this year...

He may not make it off the reservation

Stuck in the smoke hole of our tipi

Merry Christmas to all. For your amusement, here's the Tex-Mex version of "The Night Before Christmas" https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=120167#p663652 and for those with an off-beat sense of humor: Stuck in the smoke-hole of our teepee (scroll down to the comment by "Robin" for the ...

Hi daches, Welcome to the forum and the world of Linux. I'm a Rice grad, too - BA '68, MEE '69. My computer experience started at Rice, programming an IBM1620 in Fortran II and assembly. I also played with the Rice computer a little bit. I have some not so fond memories of paper tape (Rice computer)...

blueocean wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 18, 2019 4:26 pm

"Shoot yourself in the foot..." I like that
It's not like a DUI where you might kill some innocent. Advisories should be enough - the old saying, "A word to the wise is sufficient".

Speaking of shooting yourself in the foot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxWWJaTEdD0

You might be interested in this Amazon Prime video 6 part series - "Next: Blockchain". It's about applications of blockchain in general, but lots of stuff about cryptocurrencies. The talk from some of the initiators of cryptocurrencies about "cutting the chives" (fleecing the suckers) killed what li...

I've added a few more pics of the tornado damage to the twin office buildings a block from my house. One building has major damage, the other building, no more than 100 meters away, has no visible damage!
https://postimg.cc/gallery/1tozziz00/

Ok, I know I live in Texas, but at times I get tired of the three seasons we have here: Summer, Still Summer, and About to be Summer. You forgot about tornado season! Although October is not normally tornado season, I did get hit in the Dallas tornado a couple of weeks ago. I just had some roof dam...

For anyone interested, the program airs tonight in the USA - 8:00 Eastern, 7:00 Central. Two hours.

pbear wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:24 am

Also, if you're an email hoarder and plan to use Thunderbird, those also go on the home partition (don't know whether can be sent to data, but assume it's an option).

My TB and FF profiles are on my Data partition.
viewtopic.php?f=61&t=275765&start=40#p1514237

That's also incorrect, and it feels like more than semantics to me, considering Timeshift creates nothing but snapshots, there is no "mini repo" or anything else. On the other hand, slipstick 's post you based yours on is correct, with only one semantically objectionable part that likely has create...

Dave - sorry you had such a bad experience. I have never tried using the chat, as I have found the solution to my problems here on this forum. I have found the people here to be quite friendly and helpful. In fact, I have seen some of the experts here spend huge amounts of time helping newbies with ...

They didn't find the plane.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/cult ... xpedition/

"Amelia Earhart search crew shares personal theories on her disappearance"
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/cult ... eflection/

Looks like the expedition is over - Nautilus has left the island, heading southeast, I think returning to Samoa. I really wonder if they found anything (or if they can keep it secret until October.

New post on Nat. Geo. site about the giant coconut crabs on Nikumaroro Island. "King thinks it’s likely that Earhart perished on the island as a castaway. After she died, the crabs consumed her body and dragged her bones into their burrows—except of course for the thirteen that Gallagher discovered....

An interesting insight into how Bob Ballard got involved in this in 2012: https://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,2077.msg43180.html#msg43180 For more info. on the mistakes, miscommunications, and lack of proper preparation that led to Amelia's inability to find Howland Island or to hear radio transm...

An update from National Geographic:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/e ... ar-AAFHs67

An article about the search from the New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/scie ... llard.html