Yesterday I installed Mint XFCE 19, very nice. Before I could install the updates, I got the recommendation to execute Timeshift. During all the fourteen years that I am using Linux I never needed to restore an older version. I reinstalled new versions, but never needed to repair a system. Linux is stable and does not corrupt itself. I fully understand why such a program is needed for Windows: Windows corrupts itself and must be refreshed periodically. Is Linux Mint unstable? Is it unable to keep up its own trousers? If so, one should not use such a distribution!
Second question: I must decide which "snapshot level" to use, but I cannot find what a snapshot level is.
This version is beautiful, but the inclusion of Timeshift makes me doubt whether it is stable enough to use it or not.
Greetings,
Erik Jan.
Timeshift in Mint 19
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Timeshift in Mint 19
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catweazel
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Re: Timeshift in Mint 19
So turn it off. I don't use it and never will.
"There is, ultimately, only one truth -- cogito, ergo sum -- everything else is an assumption." - Me, my swansong.
Re: Timeshift in Mint 19
you don't have to un-install / remove T.S. as such:
- just un-check all of it's options, that are used to customise it's various back-ups.
then, just leave it in place .. ..
- just un-check all of it's options, that are used to customise it's various back-ups.
then, just leave it in place .. ..
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] - when your problem is solved!
and DO LOOK at those Unanswered Topics - - you may be able to answer some!.
Re: Timeshift in Mint 19
thank you for your answers. I am glad to hear that it is an unneeded program. But I am still curious to lear what a "snapshot Level" is.
Thank you for your speedy answers.
Erik
Thank you for your speedy answers.
Erik
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michael louwe
Re: Timeshift in Mint 19
.erikjan wrote:.
If you disable Timeshift in LM 19, you should also refer to ... https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/20 - Update Manager: understand and optimize it
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Neil Darlow
Re: Timeshift in Mint 19
The inclusion of Timeshift by default in LM19 is a mitigation for any possible problems caused by its more permissive update policy. In earlier versions certain updates were held-back and could be installed at the user's discretion. Now, they are installed unilaterally and providing a means of rolling-back in the event that something goes wrong with an update is a good idea. Linux Mint is targeted at users migrating from Windows and they won't be versed in Linux recovery measures.